May 21
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May 21 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Births
- 427 BC- Plato, Influential Greek philosopher (d. 347 BC)
- 1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1528)
- 1527 - King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
- 1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
- 1780 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (d. 1845)
- 1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
- 1850 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
- 1860 - Willem Einthoven, inventor of electrocardiogram (d. 1927)
- 1898 - Armand Hammer, physician, entrepreneur, oil magnate, and art collector (d. 1990)
- 1901 - Horace Heidt, band leader (d. 1986)
- 1901 - Sam Jaffe, U.S. producer (d. 2000)
- 1902 - Earl Averill, U.S. Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1983)
- 1902 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, architect (d. 1981)
- 1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, author
- 1904 - Fats Waller, African-American pianist (d. 1943)
- 1904 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1912 - Monty Stratton, Major League Baseball pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1916 - Harold Robbins, U.S. novelist (d. 1997)
- 1916 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Raymond Burr, U.S. actor (d. 1993)
- 1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and human rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1989)
- 1923 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach
- 1929 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboe player
- 1930 - Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia
- 1932 - Gabriele Wohmann, author
- 1933 - Maurice André, trumpet player
- 1941 - Martin Carthy, singer and guitarist
- 1945 - Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
- 1948 - Leo Sayer, musician
- 1951 - Al Franken, comedian
- 1952 - Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud), American actor
- 1956 - Judge Reinhold, actor
- 1957 - Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
- 1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
- 1967 - Chris Benoit, professional wrestler
- 1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., musician (d. 1997)
- 1978 - Briana Banks, actress
- 1981 - Max, German singer
- 1987 - Ashlie Brillault, actress
[change] Deaths
[change] Events
- 2006 - Montenegro split up from Serbia and Montenegro
