100 years anniversary |
21 May 1925
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Canadians allow to sell beer
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21 May 1925
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George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
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21 May 1925
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Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole
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21 May 1925
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death
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Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871) |
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21 May 1925
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Canadians allow to beer sales
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21 May 1925
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George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
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21 May 1925
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event
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Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole
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75 years anniversary |
21 May 1950
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event
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Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
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21 May 1950
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birth
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Will Hutton, English economist and journalist |
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21 May 1950
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birth
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Roger Hodgson London, rocker (Supertramp-The Logical Song)
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21 May 1950
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Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
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50 years anniversary |
21 May 1975
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event
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Lowell W Perry confirmed as Chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm
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21 May 1975
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Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
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21 May 1975
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music
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birth Lee Gaze, guitarist, Lostprophets, (2004 UK No.8 single Last Train Home, 2006 UK No.1 album Liberation Transmission).
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21 May 1975
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Borussia M
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21 May 1975
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Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Commission
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21 May 1975
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Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
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25 years anniversary |
21 May 2000
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death
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Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901) |
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21 May 2000
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death
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John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1904) |
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21 May 2000
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death
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Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (b. 1956) |
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21 May 2000
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music
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Billie Piper went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Day & Night.' The singers last of 3 No.1's.
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20 years anniversary |
21 May 2005
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death
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Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919) |
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21 May 2005
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The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. |
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21 May 2005
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music
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Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey was rushed to hospital following his second suicide bid in a month. The singer battled with police outside his house after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
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15 years anniversary |
21 May 2010
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JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year. |
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21 May 2010
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music
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U2's lead singer Bono had emergency spinal surgery after suffering an injury while preparing for tour dates. The 50-year-old singer was treated at a specialist neurosurgery clinic in Munich and was expected to stay there for a number of days.
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10 years anniversary |
21 May 2015
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death
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Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
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21 May 2015
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death
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Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940) |
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21 May 2015
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death
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Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936) |
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21 May 2015
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death
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Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (The Brothers Johnson) (b. 1955) |
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21 May 2015
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death
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Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1970) |
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