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May 21
1542Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto died while searching for gold on the banks of the Mississippi River. 1881Clara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross. 1927Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis. 1932Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland). 1956The first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. 1989In Hong Kong, approximately one million people took to the streets to show their support for students protesting for democratic reforms in China’s Tiananmen Square. 1991Rajiv Gandhi, former Indian prime minister, was assassinated by a suicide bomber. 1998Indonesian President Suharto resigned. 1999Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination. 2003Christine Todd Whitman announced her resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
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