May 21: In 1564 Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England (Tudors!); in 1851 slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America; in 1856 Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces; in 1881 the American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.; in 1917 the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, and displaces about 10,000 people; in 1927 Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris and completes the worlds first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean; in 1932 Amelia Earhart lands in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland and becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean; in 1971 Michelangelos Pietà in St. Peters Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal. Birthdays: English paleontologist Mary Anning (1799); aircraft engineer Glenn Curtiss (1878); author Harold Robbins (1916); actor Raymond Burr (1917); Music Man guitars co-founder Forrest White (1920); Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921); Isley Brothers singer Ronald Isley (1941); race car driver Danny Ongais (1942); The Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine (1943); The Kinks bassist (69-76) John Dalton (1943); singer Leo Sayer (1948); Senator Al Franken (1951); actor Mr. T (1952); Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch (1955); actor Judge Reinhold (1957). Music: In 1971 Free announce they are breaking up (members Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke would go on to form Bad Company); in 1979 Elton John becomes the Western first rock star to perform in Moscow; in 2003 Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the conservatory of Russias St. Petersburg University; in 1971 Paul McCartney releases his LP Ram; in 1966 Dusty Springfields You Dont Have To Say You Love Me enters the charts and The Mamas and the Papas LP If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears hits #1, in 1977 Stevie Wonders Sir Duke hits #1.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 12:47:44 +0000
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