WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2024
1792-Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan's deadliest volcanic eruption 1832-First U.S. Democratic National Convention, is held in Baltimore 1871-French Army attacks Paris beginning the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week), a weeklong battle that kills 10,000-15,000 and ends the Paris Commune 1927-Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of Atlantic 1932-After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, completing the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman 1998-Indonesian president Suharto resigns after 31 years in power 2012-120 people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen
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