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timeanddate.com Sign in Home On This Day On This Day in History – May 21What Happened on May 21?1991 – Former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, is assassinatedThe attacker was a woman believed to be linked the Sri Lankan separatist militant organization, the Tamil Tigers. At least 14 people lost their lives in the suicide bombing.1979 – Violent clashes follow the lenient sentencing for Harvey Milk's murdererMilk, the first openly gay U.S. politician, had been shot and killed together with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. The assassin, Dan White, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter only, triggering the White Night Riots.1951 – The 9th Street Show opens in New YorkThe ground-breaking art exhibition showing works by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning is considered the birth hour of the artistic avant-garde referred to as the New York School.1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the AtlanticThe U.S. aviatress' disappearance on an attempted round-the-world flight five years later is one of the most discussed unsolved mysteries in the history of flight.1904 – FIFA, the world governing body of association football, is foundedThe Fédération Internationale de Football Association is responsible for the organization of the World Cup, which is one of the world's most viewed sporting events.Births on May 211980 – GotyeBelgian/Australian singer-songwriter1921 – Andrei SakharovRussian physicist1844 – Henri RousseauFrench painter1527 – Philip II of Spain King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, and Sicily1471 – Albrecht DürerGerman painter, engraver, mathematicianDeaths on May 212006 – Katherine DunhamAmerican dancer2000 – John GielgudEnglish actor, director, producer1991 – Rajiv GandhiIndian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India1935 – Jane AddamsAmerican social worker, Nobel Prize laureate1771 – Christopher SmartEnglish actor, playwright, poetChange Date:
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