TUESDAY, May 21, 2024

1216-French crown prince Louis enters England

1881-U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed

1922-Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)

1945-German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured

1956-Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms

1964-U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos

1969-Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death

1978-118 Unification church couples wed in England

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

1980-"Empire Strikes Back" premeires

1981-François Mitterrand becomes President of France

1986-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka

1992-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China

1993-Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life

1994-South Yemen secedes from Yemen

1994-Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe