May 21

Events

1832 - The first national convention of the Democratic Party held in Baltimore.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1917 - Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
1924 - Jewish students Leopold and Loeb commit their infamous murder
1927 - Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932 - Amelia Earhart, because of bad weather, lands in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1941 - World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first United States ship sunk by a German U-boat.
1961 - Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
1979 - White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.