| 1790 | Paris is divided into 48 zones. | |
| 1832 | The Democratic party holds its first national convention. | |
| 1881 | The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton. | |
| 1991 | In Madras, India, a suicide bomber kills the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. | |
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| 427 BC | Plato, Greek philosopher. | |
| 1844 | Henri Rousseau, French painter. | |
| 1856 | Grace Hoadley Dodge, philanthropist, helped organize the YWCA. | |
| 1867 | Frances Densmore, ethnomusicologist. | |
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| 1917 | Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason).Perry Mason and Il Cortegiano
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http://pennreview.com/2016/03/perry-mason-and-il-cortegiano/
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| 1921 | Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist. | |
| 1944 | Mary Bourke Robinson, first woman president of Ireland (1990-1997). | |
Saturday, 21 May 2016
May 21
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