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Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for May 21
2003		R&B singer Rubben Studdard beats out pop vocalist Clay Aiken during the second season of FOX-TV's American Idol reality show. (photo credit: J-Records)
2000	Actor Sir John Gielgud dies at age 96.
1991	Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated while campaigning for reelection.
1980	The Star Wars movie "The Empire Strikes Back" premieres.
1979	Elton John becomes the first western rock 'n roll artist to perform live in the USSR.
1968	The nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion, with a crew of 99, is reported missing. It is later found on the ocean floor off the coast of Azores.
1959	Ethel Merman stars in the musical, Gypsy, premiering on Broadway.
1956	The first aerial hydrogen bomb test by the US takes place over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1945	font face="Arial,Helvetica" size=-1>Actor Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall are married.
1927	Charles Lindbergh arrives in Paris, after flying his airplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, nonstop from New York to Paris.
1881	The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton.
1840	New Zealand becomes a British colony.
1542	Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto dies while searching for gold along the Mississippi River.