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Events from History on May 21

1040 : King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
1216 : French crown prince Louis enters England
1420 : Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English
1471 : King Edwards IV enters London
1502 : Portuguese admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena
1526 : -Jun 8] Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology
1553 : English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley
1602 : Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1674 : General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
1683 : West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
1793 : Cura‡ao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
1804 : Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
1809 : Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon
1819 : 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
1825 : Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
1832 : 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
1840 : NZ became a British colony
1846 : 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii
1856 : Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1861 : NC is 10th state to secede from Union
1861 : Richmond, Va is designated Confederate Capital
1863 : Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
1864 : GEN David Hunter takes command of Dept of West Virginia
1866 : 1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days
1871 : -July 28] French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die
1879 : Battle of Iquiquw
1881 : American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
1881 : US Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms
1891 : Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds
1892 : Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan
1897 : Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time
1898 : US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized
1904 : Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris
1906 : Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars
1908 : 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
1908 : Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1914 : Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1917 : Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
1918 : House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1921 : Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1922 : "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1922 : Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
1922 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
1922 : Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million
1924 : Leopold & Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
1925 : Canadians allow to sell beer
1925 : George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
1925 : Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole
1926 : White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
1927 : Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1929 : Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC
1929 : Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris
1930 : Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader
1930 : NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1931 : Belgian govt of Jaspar falls
1932 : 1st Curtis Cup: US, 5«-3«
1932 : 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands
1933 : Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph
1934 : Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens
1938 : Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours
1940 : AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees
1940 : Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France
1940 : Reynaud forms French govt
1941 : 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)
1941 : German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta
1941 : Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp
1942 : Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia
1944 : Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"
1945 : Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
1945 : German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured
1945 : Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed
1948 : NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1950 : Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
1952 : Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
1953 : French govt of Mayer resigns
1954 : Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1955 : "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances
1955 : 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset
1955 : WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, WI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 : Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
1956 : US explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
1956 : WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 : French govt of Mollet resigns
1958 : Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
1958 : US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1959 : "Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances
1959 : Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
1961 : Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
1964 : 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
1964 : Fire in W‚gimond Belgium resort, kills 19
1964 : US begin intelligence flights above Laos
1966 : "Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 41 performances
1966 : Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London
1966 : Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 : "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 perfs
1968 : Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing & is
1968 : Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
1968 : USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
1968 : WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 : later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
1969 : After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike
1969 : Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
1969 : Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death
1970 : National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
1970 : USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1971 : National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga Tenn
1972 : "Heathen!" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 1 performance
1972 : "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 39 perfs
1975 : Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm
1975 : Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
1977 : "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 perfs
1977 : Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in NYC
1977 : Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19
1977 : SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
1978 : 118 Unification church couples wed in England
1978 : Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect
1979 : Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of SF mayor Moscone
1979 : Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
1979 : National Volksraad installed in Namibia
1980 : "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
1980 : Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from US service acad
1981 : Fran‡ois Mitterrand becomes president of France
1981 : Kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA
1982 : British troops lands on Falkland Islands
1983 : Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB, for mating for STS-7 mission
1986 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 : Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
1987 : Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
1988 : Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore
1988 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 : 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1990 : Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
1990 : Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
1991 : Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
1992 : China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992 : NJ senate overrides Governor Florio's veto & lowers sales tax to 6%
1993 : Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe
1993 : Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
1993 : Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia
1993 : Venezuela president Carlos Andr‚s P‚rez fired
1994 : "Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 16 perfs
1994 : Burger King spokesman Dan Cortese (26) weds Dee Dee Hemby (26)
1994 : Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32)
1994 : Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning
1994 : South Yemen secedes from Yemen
1994 : Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe
1996 : Blackout in many areas of Queens NY
1996 : Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win
1997 : Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time
2002 : Hurriat Leader Mr. Ghani Lone assassinated.

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