Public Holidays on May 21

• 🌍 Día de las Glorias Navales (Chile)
• 🌍 Navy Day (Chile)

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Religious Observances on May 21

• Jewish: Erev Shavuot ערב שבועות

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On This Day in History — May 21

• 2012 — A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
• 2012 — A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.
• 2011 — Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
• 2010 — JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
• 2006 — The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
• 2005 — The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

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Notable Births on May 21

• 1997 — Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer
• 1997 — Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer
• 1997 — Alex Gunning, Australian mathematician
• 1997 — Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
• 1996 — Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
• 1994 — Tom Daley, English diver

Notable Deaths on May 21

• 2016 — Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964)
• 2015 — Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2015 — Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936)
• 2015 — Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (b. 1955)
• 2014 — Evelyn Blackmon, American businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)

Sports on May 21

• NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Colorado Avalanche — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Dallas Wings @ Chicago Sky — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Athletics @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Connecticut Sun @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 22

• 🌍 שבועות (Israel)

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Religious Observances on May 22

• Jewish: Shavuot I שבועות א׳

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On This Day in History — May 22

• 2017 — 22 people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
• 2015 — The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum.
• 2014 — General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.
• 2014 — An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
• 2012 — Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).
• 2011 — An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damage—the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.

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Notable Births on May 22

• 1999 — Camren Bicondova, American actress
• 1994 — Florian Luger, Austrian male model
• 1991 — Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 — Suho, South Korean singer (EXO) and actor
• 1987 — Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
• 1987 — Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer

Notable Deaths on May 22

• 2017 — Nicky Hayden, American professional motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
• 2016 — Velimir "Bata" Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (b. 1921)
• 2013 — Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)
• 2013 — Lee Rigby, British fusilier

Sports on May 22

• WNBA: Golden State Valkyries @ New York Liberty — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Toronto Tempo @ Minnesota Lynx — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Athletics @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• Formula 1: ? @ Lenovo Canadian GP — 16:30 UTC Scheduled

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