21 May - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on May 21, the day number in a year is 141 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 142. May 21 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
May 21 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 879 | Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independentstate, and Branimir as its Duke. |
| 996 | Pope Gregory V crowned Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 1216 | Prince Louis of France entered England. |
| 1403 | King Henry III of Castile sent an embassy to the court of Timur(Tamerlane) to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur andCastile against the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1502 | João da Nova of Portugal discovered the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1674 | John III Sobieski, elected by the szlachta, became the monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| 1725 | The Order of Alexander Nevsky was founded in Russia by Empress Catherine I. |
| 1758 | Mary Campbell was kidnapped by Lenape from her home in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. |
| 1819 | America's first bicycle fast walker) introduced in NYC. |
| 1840 | New Zealand was declared a British colony. |
| 1851 | Slavery ended in Columbia, South America. |
| 1856 | A crowd of about 800 pro-slavery Americans ransacked the townof Lawrence, Kansas. |
| 1863 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Protestant denominationdistinguished by its emphasis on the imminent second coming (Advent) ofJesus, was founded in Battle Creek, Michigan, US. |
| 1864 | American Civil War-The Union and Confederate armies fought to a draw at the Battle of Spot sylvania Court House, with nearly 32,000 casualties combined. |
| 1881 | Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. |
| 1881 | US Nation Lawn Tennis Association was established. |
| 1881 | The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. |
| 1894 | The Manchester Ship Canal, linking Greater Manchester in NorthWest England to the Irish Sea, officially opened, becoming the largestnavigation canal in the world at the time. |
| 1904 | The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, theinternational sport governing body of association football, was foundedin Paris. |
| 1904 | The International Football Federation (FIFA), the highest football football body, was established in Paris. |
| 1911 | Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionaryFrancisco Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end tothe fighting between the forces of both men, and thus concluding theinitial phase of the Mexican Revolution. |
| 1917 | 300 acres were destroyed in the 1917 Great Atlanta fire in the United States. |
| 1918 | The US House of Representatives allowed women to vote. |
| 1924 | University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold,Jr. murdered a 14-year-old boy in a thrill killing out of a desire tocommit a perfect crime. |
| 1927 | The United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of King Abdul Aziz in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd on May 20, 1927 by signing the Treaty of Jeddah. Hejaz and Nejd were merged into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932. |
| 1927 | Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Paris – Le Bourget Airport. |
| 1929 | India's first air cargo service commenced between the then Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bagdogra. |
| 1937 | North Pole-1, Soviet and Russian manned stations, became the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean on May 21, 1937. |
| 1946 | Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin accidentally triggered a fission reaction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and gave himself a lethal dose of hard radiation, making him the second victim of a criticality accident in history. |
| 1948 | Chiang Kai-shel became the first President of the Republic of China on May 20, 1948. He was the member of Kuomintang (KMT), The Chinese Nationalist Party, and served as the chairman of the National Military Council of the Republic of China for 20 years. |
| 1961 | John Malcolm Patterson, Governor of Alabama in United States, declared martial law on May 21, 1961 in an attempt to restore the order following rae riots outbreak during American civil rights movement. |
| 1979 | Riots erupted in San Francisco after formerSupervisor Dan White was only sentenced for voluntary manslaughter forthe assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and openly gay SupervisorHarvey Milk. |
| 1981 | The Italian government released the membership list ofPropaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that had been implicatedin numerous Italian crimes and mysteries. |
| 1991 | Assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi occurred on May 21, 1991during an election campaign in Sriperumbudur near Madras (Chennai) in Tamil Nadu. The assassination was carried out by the LTTE suicide bomber Thenmozhi Rajaratnam also known as Dhanu. |
| 1991 | Former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. The LTTE, an organization of Tamil rebels angry at sending peace forces to Sri Lanka, launched a suicide attack on Rajiv. |
| 1994 | Sushmita Sen won the 43rd Miss Universe Award. |
| 1996 | The Lake Victoria ferry MV Bukoba sank on May 21, 2015 in Tanzania waters on Lake Victoria. 1000 People were killed in the disaster including Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri who was the second in command of Al-Qaeda. |
| 1996 | Algerian Civil War-The remains of seven French Trappist monkswho had been kidnapped in Algeria nearly two months earlier were found. |
| 1998 | Indonesian President Suharto resigned as a result of thecollapse of support for his three-decade-long reign. |
| 2001 | French Taubira Law came into action on May 21, 2001, officially abolishing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery and considered it as crimes against humanity. |
| 2005 | Kingda Ka, the world's tallest roller coaster, opened on May 21, 2005 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, United States. It was also the fastest roller coaster until Formula Rossa opened in November 2010. |
| 2010 | The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched its spacecraft IKAROS on May 21, 2015 aboard on H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan. It was the first successful aircraft to demonstrate solar-sail technology in interplanetary space. |
| 2012 | The earthquake in Italy killed 27 people. |
| 2014 | The National September 11 Museum opened on May 21, 2014 to the public, commemorating the 9/11 attacks in 2001 by terrorist group Al-Qaeda. |
Famous Birthdays of May 21:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1967 | Blake Schwarzenbach / Singer / United States of America |
| 1960 | Jeffrey Toobin / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1993 | Luke Garbutt / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Edson Buddle / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1936 | Günter Blobel / Academic / United States of America |
| 1942 | John Konrads / Swimmer / Australia |
| 1985 | Andrew Miller / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1970 | Dorsey Levens / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1966 | Lisa Edelstein / Actress / United States of America |
| 1980 | Gotye / Writer / Australia |
| 1948 | Denis MacShane / Politician / Scotland |
| 1988 | Jonny Howson / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Dave Specter / Guitarist / United States of America |
| 1985 | Lucie Hradecká / Tennis Player / Czech Republic |
| 1974 | Aditi Gowitrikar / Actress / India |
| 1979 | Scott Smith / Artist / United States of America |
| 1850 | Giuseppe Mercalli / Priest / Italy |
| 1790 | William Cavendish / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1968 | Matthias Ungemach / Rower / Germany |
| 1989 | Hal Robson-Kanu / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1977 | Quinton Fortune / Footballer / South Africa |
| 1948 | Leo Sayer / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1944 | Janet Dailey / Author / United States of America |
| 1953 | Nora Aunor / Actress / Philippines |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan / Academic / United States of America |
| 1905 | Priyadarshini Pradhan / Model / India |
| 1898 | Armand Hammer / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1843 | Louis Renault / Educator / France |
| 1924 | Peggy Cass / Actress / United States of America |
| 1986 | Eder Sánchez / Race Walker / Mexico |
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