ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ May 21

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~
MAY 21

What was happening on this day in modern history? Let's take a look at some of the big events, Birthdays, and anniversaries for May 21st....


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.
1906 - Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars.
1914 - Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota.

Greyhound Bus 1920's

1917 - Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I.
1917 - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy) is born.
1917 - Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla) is born.
1922 - "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
1924 - Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame) (d. 1999) is born.
1927 - Lindbergh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic.

1929 - Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC.
1930 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers.
1932 - 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands in Ireland.
1940 - Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France.
1941 - 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore).
1945 - German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured.
1945 - Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart are married.

1947 - Richard Hatch, Santa Monica California, actor (Battlestar Galactica).
1948 - Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love).1948 - NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR).
1950 - Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia.
1952 - Mr. T, [Lawrence Tureaud], Chicago, American actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T) is born.
1954 - Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated.
1955 - Stan Lynch, Gainesville Fl, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers) is born.
1957 - Judge Reinhold, Wilmington DE, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is born.

1959 - "Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances.
1964 - US begin intelligence flights above Laos.
1966 - Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97.
1966 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title.
1969 - Robert Kennedy's murderer, Sirhan Sirhan, sentenced to death.
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin a ten-day "bed-in" in Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

1977 - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 perfs.
1978 - 118 Unification church couples wed in England.
1980 - "Empire Strikes Back" released.
1982 - British troops lands on Falkland Islands.
1983 - David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1.
1990 - Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV.

 

1992 - Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies.
1997 - Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time.
2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919) dies.
2006 - Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929) dies.
2007 - The Cutty Sark is badly damaged by fire in London, England. She is the last surviving clipper.
2012 - 120 people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen.