21 Mey

The **21t o Mey** is the 141t day o the year (142t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 224 days ti come.

## Events

* 1471 - Murther o Keeng Henry VI o Ingland.
* 1502 - Discovery o the remote Sooth Atlantic island Saunt Helena.
* 1851 - Slavery is abolished in Colombie.
* 1864 - The Ionian Islands are reunitit wi Greece.
* 1879 - War o the Paceefic: Naval Battle o Iquique atween Chile an Peru.
* 1927 - Charles Lindbergh completes his flicht across the Atlantic Ocean bi landin in Paris.
* 1932 - Amelia Earhart lands in Derry, Northren Ireland, completin the first solo Transatlantic flicht bi a woman.
* 1965 - The current Banner o Ontario is adoptit.
* 1991 - Assassination o Rajiv Gandhi, umwhile prime meenister o Indie.
* 1998 - Preses o Indonesie Suharto propales his demission.
* 2003 - A yirdquauk in Algerie, kills 2,266 fowk.
* 2003 - Celtic F.C. loses the UEFA Cup final 3-2 tae F.C. Porto.
* 2005 - Eurovision Sang Contest endit in Kiev, Ukraine an is won bi Elena Paparizou o Greece.
* 2006 - In a referendum in Montenegro, a majority votes in favour o unthirldom frae Serbie.
* 2007 - A fire destroys much o the clipper Cutty Sark in Greenwich, Lunnon.
* 2012 - A bomb attack in Sana'a, Yemen, kills ower 120 fowk.
* 2016 - Hibernian F.C. wins its first Scottish Cup in 114 year, defeatin Rangers F.C. 3-2.
* 2017 - Celtic F.C. completes its league season unbeaten (34 wins, 4 draws), as the first Scots team tae dae this syne 1899.

## Births

* 1471 - Albrecht Duerer, German penter (d. 1528)
* 1527 - Philip II o Spain (d. 1598)
* 1780 - Elizabeth Fry, Inglis social reformer (d. 1845)
* 1792 - Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathemateecian an scientist (d. 1843)
* 1843 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politeecian (d. 1914)
* 1843 - Louis Renault, French juirist (d. 1918)
* 1844 - Henri Rousseau, French penter (d. 1910)
* 1860 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch medicinar an pheesiologist (d. 1927)
* 1904 - James Crawford, Scots fitbawer (d. 1976)
* 1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Roushie pheesicst an activist (d. 1989)
* 1930 - Malcolm Fraser, 22nt Prime Meenister o Australie (d. 2015)
* 1943 - Ian Young, Scots fitbawer
* 1944 - Mary Robinson, umwhile Preses o the Republic o Ireland
* 1951 - Al Franken, American comedian an politeecian
* 1952 - Mr. T, American actor
* 1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
* 1961 - Frances Curran, Scots politeecian
* 1961 - Paul Keetch, Inglis politeecian (d. 2017)
* 1964 - Drew Hendry, Scots politeecian
* 1966 - Lisa Edelstein, American actress
* 1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
* 1976 - Stuart Bingham, Inglis snooker player
* 1979 - Jamie Hepburn, Scots politeecian
* 1980 - Gotye, Belgian-Australie sangster
* 1985 - Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
* 1994 - Tom Daley, Inglis diver

## Daiths
* 987 - Louis V o Fraunce (b. 967)
* 1471 - Henry VI o Ingland (b. 1421)
* 1481 - Christian I o Denmark (b. 1426)
* 1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spaingie splorer (b. 1496)
* 1613 - John Maxwell, 9t Laird Maxwell, Scots nobleman (b. 1583)
* 1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scots-American astronomer (b. 1857)
* 1920 - Venustiano Carranza, Preses o Mexico (b. 1859)
* 1929 - Archibald Primrose, 5t Yerl o Rosebery, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1847)
* 1935 - Jane Addams, American activist (b. 1860)
* 1965 - Hugh Marwick, Scots scholart o Orkney Norn (b. 1881)
* 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime meenister o Indie (b. 1944)
* 2000 - John Gielgud, Inglis actor (b. 1904)
* 2014 - Jaime Lusinchi, Preses o Venezuela (b. 1924)

## Halidays
* Independence Day (Montenegro)
* Navy Day (Chile)
* Afro-Colombie Day