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1927 : Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris


On May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris the day after his departure from New York. This was the first transatlantic non-stop flight.

1932 : Amelia Earhart landed in Ireland


On 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart landed in Ireland the day after her departure from Newfoundland. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic non-stopby plane.

1950 : Tornado in England


On 21 May 1950, a tornado hit the south of England. It traveled 66 miles during 2 ½ hours causing much damage and killed 2 people.

1950 : Fangio won the Monaco Grand Prix


On 21 May 1950, the Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio, won his first Grand Prix at Monaco Grand Prix, with his Alfa Romeo. In his career, he won 24 Grands Prix and was 5 times World Champion.

1980 : Battle of San Carlos


On May 21, 1982, during the Falklands War, the British launched a commando landing operation on the soil of the Falklands Islands. In response to this, the Argentine forces attacked intensively the British ships causing serious damage. Nevertheless, the British operation was a success.

1991 : Rajiv Gandhi assassinated


On May 21, 1991, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber while he was campaigning in the state of Tamil Nadu.

2003 : Earthquake in Algeria


On May 21, 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on the Richter scale hit Algeria. The epicenter was located offshore, 60 km north-east of Algiers.
The damage was enormous and 2278 people were killed and over 10,000 others injured.

Novità del giorno : 21 Maggio

Independence Day in Montenegro
May 21 is Independence Day in Montenegro in honor of the 2006 referendum which chose independence from Serbia.
Afro-Colombian Day
May 21, in Colombia, is the Día de la Afrocolombianidad which commemorates the abolition of escalvage in 1851.

Citazione del giorno : 21 Maggio

Juan Manuel Fangio
You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

Compleanni : 21 Maggio

Alexander Pope, Poeta inglese (1688)
Joseph Fouché, Uomo politico francese (1759)
Lucien Bonaparte, Uomo politico francese (1775)
Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, Matematico francese (1792)
Henri Rousseau (Le Douanier), Pittore francese (1844)
Léon Bourgeois, Uomo politico francese, Nobel per la Pace (1851)
Hans Berger, Neuroscienziato tedesco, inventore del elettroencefalogramma (1873)
Robert Montgomery, Attore americano (1904)
Raymond Burr, Attore canadese (1917)
Andrei Sakharov, Fisico russo, Nobel per la Pace (1921)
Malcolm Fraser, Primo ministro dell'Australia (1930)
Maurice André, Trombettista francese (1933)
Mary Robinson, Presidente d'Irlanda (1990-1997) (1944)
Jonathan Hyde, Attore inglese (1948)
Laurence Tureaud (Mr T.), Attore americano (1952)
Judge Reinhold, Attore americano (1957)
Nick Cassavetes, Attore, sceneggiatore, regista americano (1959)
Mohanlal, Attore indiano (1960)
Vladimir Salnikov, Nuotatore russo (1960)
Richard Appel, Scrittore americano (1963)
Lisa Edelstein, Attrice americana (1967)
The Notorious B.I.G., Rapper americano (1972)
Stomy Bugsy, Rapper francese (1972)
Mutya Buena, Cantante inglese (1985)
Kane Brett Robinson (Kano), Rapper inglese (1985)
Tom Daley, Tuffatore inglese (1994)

Ci hanno lasciato un 21 Maggio

Niccolò Zucchi, Astronomo italiano (1670)
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Chimico svedese (1786)
Franz von Suppé, Compositore austriaco (1895)
Jane Addams, Sociologo americana, Nobel per la Pace (1935)
Rajiv Gandhi, Uomo politico indiano (1944)
John Garfield, Attore americano (1952)
James Franck, Fisico tedesco, premio Nobel (1964)
Barbara Cartland, Scrittrice inglese (2000)
John Gielgud, Attore inglese (2000)
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