Amelia Earhart Solos the Atlantic

On May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, completing her solo transatlantic flight, making her the first woman to do so.

This Day in History - May 21

1972

Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was vandalized.

1904

The International Federation of Association Football was founded in Paris.

2001

French Taubira law officially recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.

1969

NASA's Apollo 10 Spacecraft ran a test flight of the Lunar Lander Module close to the Moon’s surface.

996 AD

Otto III was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at the young age of 16.

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