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Thursday, 21 May 2026

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8 Births
4 Events
12 Total entries

★ Born on this day 8 entries

1471
Albrecht Durer, painter & printmaker, greatest German Renaissance artist.
DE Arts & Culture 555 yrs ago
1860
Willam Einthoven, invented the electrocardiograph.
US Science & Technology 166 yrs ago
1878
Glenn Curtis, aircraft pioneer.
US Space & Astronomy 148 yrs ago
1904
Fats Waller
US 122 yrs ago
1904
Robert Montgomery
US 122 yrs ago
1917
Dennis Day
US 109 yrs ago
1917
Raymond Burr, actor, "Perry Mason".
US Arts & Culture 109 yrs ago
1952
Mr. T, actor (of sorts).
US Arts & Culture 74 yrs ago

► Events on this day 4 entries

1846
First steamship arrives in Hawaii.
US 180 yrs ago
1881
The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton.
US Geography & Exploration 145 yrs ago
1927
Lindbergh lands in Paris, after first solo flight across Atlantic.
FR 99 yrs ago
1933
Mount Davidson Cross lit by President Roosevelt in Washington via Telegraph.
US Politics & Government 93 yrs ago