Today in History<br>May 21st

Today is Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 (day 140 of the year), but you may have selected a different day. In any case, these are just a few of the things that happened on This Date in History! Holiday notices are displayed boldly.

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Today in History
May	Interesting Things
21	In 1832, the first Democratic national convention was held in Baltimore.
21	In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed the "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris, completing the first solo flight across the Atlantic.
21	In 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed "an unlimited state of national emergency," seven months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
21	In 1985, after taking fertility drugs, Patti Frustaci of Orange, California, gave birth to the first recorded American septuplets. Six of the seven infants were born alive. Three survived.
21	In 1991, Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam resigned and fled for Zimbabwe after 14 years in power.
21	In 1991, South Korean Prime Minister Ro Jai Bong quit after four weeks of student protests demanding his resignation.
21	In 1991, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated while campaigning.
21	In 1992, royal intervention ended four days of the bloodiest urban unrest in Thailand's history.
21	In 1993, the Venezuelan Senate authorized the country's Supreme Court to try President Carlos Andres Perez on corruption charges. Perez was then suspended from office.

Today in HistoryMay 21st

Today in History
May 21st