Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 21
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On May 21:
- 996 - Sixteen-year-old Otto III was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1881 - The American Red Cross was established by Clara Barton.
- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight.
- 1991 - Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber at an election rally near Madras.