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May 21

4 sourced moments from May 21 in history: Henry VI died in the Tower in 1471, almost certainly murdered; Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross (1881); Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, conquering the Atlantic alone (1927), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on May 21

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1932 Technology · Transportation

Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo

Five years after Lindbergh, Earhart aimed for Paris, fought ice and a leaky fuel line, and put her plane down in an Irish pasture instead.

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1927 Technology · Transportation

Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, conquering the Atlantic alone

After 33 sleepless hours over open ocean, a 25-year-old airmail pilot touched down at Le Bourget and woke up world-famous.

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1881 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross

A Civil War nurse who refused to retire turned years of lobbying into a disaster-relief institution that still answers the call.

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1471 History · Medieval

Henry VI died in the Tower in 1471, almost certainly murdered

Edward IV blamed melancholy. A Milanese envoy said assassination. Even the 1910 exhumation proves less than many summaries claim.

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