Day in History Archive - May 21

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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in this article, there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified. All will eventually be either verified or removed.
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May 21

Charles Lindbergh Lands in Paris. Please click here to visit RF Cafe.

1792: Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, who discovered the circulation effect that bears his name, was born. 1878: Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss was born. 1916: Daylight Saving Time was introduced in Britain as a war-time measure to save fuel. 1927: Charles Lindbergh completed his 33-1/2 hour solo, non-stop flight from NY to Paris. 1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Ireland. 1956: The U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll. 1965: English aircraft designer Sir Geoffrey De Havilland died. 1980: "Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back," was released.