Also on May 21
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Día de las Glorias Navales (CL) · Navy Day (CL)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Erev Shavuot ערב שבועות holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 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... ↗
- 2006 — The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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
🏀 Sports on this Date
- NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Colorado Avalanche — 00:00 Scheduled
- NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:30 Scheduled
- MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres — 00:40 Scheduled
- WNBA: Dallas Wings @ Chicago Sky — 01:00 Scheduled
- MLB: Athletics @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 Scheduled
- WNBA: Connecticut Sun @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 Scheduled