05-21-2005, 05:29 AM
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May 21st
1471 ~ Birthday of Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist.
1881 ~ Clara Barton established the American Red Cross.
1895 ~ Death of Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer.
1921 ~ Birthday of Andrei Sakharov, physicist and human rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Prize.
1924 ~ Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
1933 ~ Birthday of Maurice André, trumpeter.
1956 ~ Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean is nearly obliterated by the first airborne explosion of a hydrogen bomb.
1991 ~ Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
2000 ~ Death of Sir John Gielgud, British actor.
2004 ~ Stanislav Petrov was awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.
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