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21st May
1991: Bomb kills India’s former leader Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi, the former Indian prime minister, is assassinated in a bomb attack in Tamil Nadu.
Freedom Riders at the Montgomery bus depot 1961: Freedom Riders spark Montgomery riots Martial law is imposed in the town of Montgomery, Alabama, after violent racial clashes.
Henry Cooper boxing Cassius Clay - 21 May 1966 1966: Cooper loses to world champ Clay American Cassius Clay beats Britain’s Henry Cooper in the sixth round at the Arsenal football ground, North London.
Tornado in the USA 1950: Tornado sweeps southern England Two people die and more are injured as violent storms and a tornado sweep through counties around London.
Postmaster General Ernest Marples 1958: Trunk dialling heralds cheaper calls Automated telephone connection making calls easier and cheaper will be introduced in December.
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On this day
1945 - Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were married.
1947 - Joe DiMaggio and five of his New York Yankee teammates were fined $100 because they had not fulfilled contract requirements to do promotional duties for the team.
1956 - The U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll.
1961 - Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery, AL.
1968 - The nuclear-powered U.S. submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
1970 - The National Guard was mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
1980 - The movie "The Empire Strikes Back" was released.
1982 - The British landed in the Falkland Islands and fighting began.
1991 - In Madras, India, the former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a bouquet of flowers that contained a bomb.
1998 - An expelled student, Kipland Kinkel, in Springfield, OR, killed 2 people and wounded 25 others with a semi-automatic rifle. Police also discovered that the boy had killed his parents before the rampage.
1998 - Microsoft and Sega announced that they are collaborating on a home video game system.
1998 - In Miami, FL, five abortion clinics were hit by an butyric acid-attacker.
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22nd May
1981: Yorkshire Ripper jailed for life
Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, is sentenced to life imprisonment after the judge describes him as "an unusually dangerous man".
1972: President Nixon arrives in Moscow America’s President Richard Nixon is given a modest welcome as he arrives in Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders.
Moon photographed by Apollo 11 1969: Apollo 10 gets bird’s eye view of Moon The Apollo 10 mission sends a manned lunar module within eight miles of the Moon’s surface in rehearsal for a summer Moon landing.
Hezbollah guerillas enter a town on a tank 2000: Hezbollah makes gains in Lebanon Lebanese Hezbollah fighters split Israel’s southern occupation zone into two as they approach the common border.
Anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain 1970: South Africa cricket tour called off The Cricket Council reverses a decision to allow South African cricketers to tour England, a move welcomed by anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain.
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On this day
1986 - Sylvester Stallone agreed to a 10-picture, six-year deal with United Artists. He signed for a reported $15 million for each film.
1990 - In the Middle East, North and South Yemen merged to become a single state known as the Republic of Yemen.
1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
1992 - Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s "Tonight Show" for the last time. He had been host for 30 years.
1997 - Kelly Flinn, the U.S. Air Force’s first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepted a general discharge. She thereby avoided court-martial on charges of adultery, lying and disobeying an order.
1998 - Bolivia was hit with a series of powerful earthquakes. At least 18 were killed. The quakes ranged in magnitude from 5.9 to 6.8.
1998 - New information came to light about the June 1996 bombing that killed 19 American airmen. The information indicated that Saudi citizens had been responsible and not Iranians as once believed.
1998 - A federal judge said that Secret Service agents could be compelled to testify before a grand jury in Monica Lewinsky investigation concerning U.S. President Clinton.
1998 - Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland turned out to cast ballots giving approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.
2002 - Chandra Levy’s remains were found in Washington, DC’s Rock Creek Park. She was last seen on April 30, 2001. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.
2002 - In Birmingham, AL, a jury convicted former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in the 1963 church bombing that killed four girls.
2002 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 583rd career home run. He tied Mark McGwire for fifth on the all-time list.
