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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 21
- 500th: 1524 - Thomas Howard second duke of Norfolk general/premier, dies at about age 80.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Peggy Cass in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress/TV panelist (Mame movie and play, Tonight Show TV show, To Tell the Truth TV show, The Hathaways TV show).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Robert Parris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Book of Imaginary Beings).
- 90th: 1934 - Oskaloosa, Iowa becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Mary Robinson; President of Republic of Ireland (Labour, 1990-).
- 80th: 1944 - Adolf Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots".
- 70th: 1954 - American amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bill Abbott in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Marina Langner in Dusseldorf, Germany; Miss World runner-up (1975).
- 60th: 1964 - First nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Annabel Schofield in Llanelli, Wales; actress (Laurel Ellis - Dallas).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Tom Harding in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Transamerica).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Tommy Albelin in Stockholm, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames).
- 60th: 1964 - Fire in Wégimond, Belgium resort, kills 19.
- 60th: 1964 - US begin intelligence flights above Laos.
- 60th: 1964 - Death of James Franck in Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany; won the Nobel Prize for Physics (1925).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Fairuza Balk; writer (The Craft Gas Food Lodging, Family Guy, Shadow of a Doubt, Best Xmas Pageant Ever).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Havoc; rapper (Mobb Deep).
- 40th: 1984 - Atari introduces the Atari 7800 ProSystem video game system. It features higher resolution graphics than the Atari 5200, optional keyboard to make it a home computer, and compatibility with Atari 2600 cartridges. Price is US$149.
- 40th: 1984 - In Eastern China, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at age 70.
- 40th: 1984 - Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - 120th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4.
- 30th: 1994 - Giovanni Goria, Prime Minister of Italy (1987-88), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Johan Hendrik Weidner, Belgian World War II resistance fighter (born 1912).
- 30th: 1994 - Cincinnati Reds bat out of order against Los Angeles Dodgers in second inning.
- 30th: 1994 - South Yemen secedes from Yemen.
- 30th: 1994 - Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe.
- 15th: 2009 - Linda Fleming, 66-year-old US woman with advanced cancer, becomes the first person to die under a new assisted suicide law in Washington State.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (born 1924).
- 5th: 2019 - Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France. World premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
- 5th: 2019 - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant empire files for bankruptcy, leaving about 1000 workers unemployed.
- 5th: 2019 - Death of Glauco Sansovini, Captain Regent of San Marino (born 1938).
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