On This Day for May 21 - First nonstop solo transatlantic flight made by Charles Lindbergh, Malcolm Fraser is featured, and more

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May 21
Malcolm Fraser
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Malcolm Fraser
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Charles Lindbergh
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1927
First nonstop solo transatlantic flight made by Charles Lindbergh
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
2017: After years of declining attendance—in part due to animal rights protests—the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus gave its final performance. [Take our quiz about clowns.]
2000: British author Dame Barbara Cartland—who wrote more than 700 books, mostly formulaic novels of romantic love set in the 19th century—died. [Test your knowledge of famous authors.]
Rajiv Gandhi
1991: Indian politician Rajiv Gandhi , who served as the country's prime minister (1984–89), was assassinated in a suicide bombing attack. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about India.]
Michelangelo: Pietà
1972: Michelangelo's Pietà, a sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary supporting the body of the dead Christ, was attacked and badly damaged in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. [How much do you know about Italian Renaissance art?]
Amelia Earhart
1932: American aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to pilot an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. [ Take our quiz about early aviation.]
Andrey Sakharov
1921: Soviet nuclear theoretical physicist and human rights advocate Andrey Sakharov, who won the 1975 Nobel Prize for Peace, was born in Moscow. [Test your knowledge of Nobel laureates in literature .]
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Jeffrey Dahmer
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Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
1471
Albrecht Dürer
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Fats Waller
American musician
1959
Loretta Lynch
American lawyer and official
1951
Al Franken
United States senator
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