May 21

May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). There are 224 days remaining.

Births:

• 1688: Alexander Pope (poet)
• 1844: Henri Rousseau (painter)
• 1904: Fats Waller (pianist)
• 1916: Harold Robbins (novelist)
• 1917: Raymond Burr (actor)
• 1921: Andrei Sakharov (physicist, human rights activist)
• 1952: Mr. T (Lawrence Tureaud) (actor)
• 1956: Judge Reinhold (actor)

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May 20 - May 22 - April 21 - June 21 - more historical anniversaries

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