SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011

Today is Saturday, May 21, the 141st day of 2011. There are 224 days left in the year.

1840 ― New Zealand became a British colony

1891 ― Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds

1892 ― Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera ``I Pagliacci" premieres in Milan

1908 ― First horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) premieres in Chicago

1916 ― Britain begins ``Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time)

1927 ― Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after first solo air crossing of Atlantic

1932 ― First transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands

1943 ― Fastest 9-inning American League baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators

1945 ― Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart wed

1979 ― Elton John becomes first western rocker to perform live in the USSR