A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on May 21 throughout history.
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Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula erupts, creating a tsunami and killing about 15,000 people in the country's deadliest volcanic eruption
The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland.
French Army attacks Paris, starting the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week), a weeklong battle that kills 10,000-15,000 and ends the Paris Commune
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author.
After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, completing the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman
First American horror movie silent film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premieres in Chicago
Reggae musician Bob Marley receives a Jamaican state funeral
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; lit. 'International Association Football Federation' or 'International Federation of Association Football') is an international...
King Charles II of England (31) marries Catherine of Braganza (23), daughter of John IV of Portugal in Portsmouth, England
Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
American actor Burgess Meredith (36) weds American actress Paulette Goddard (33) at film studio executive David O. Selznick's Beverly Hills home - third time for each; divorce in 1949
American rapper and actor Nas (37) divorces American R&B singer Kelis (31) after 5 years of marriage
Syracuse is a city and municipality, capital of the free municipal consortium of the same name, located in the autonomous region of Sicily in Southern Italy.
Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman emperor and King of Italy from 996 until his death in 1002.
King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
Kublai Khan's second invasion of Japan begins with an attack on Tsushima Island but encounters fierce resistance, forcing his troops to withdraw
Earthquake centered on Dover Straits with estimated magnitude of 6.0 causes widespread damage, including to Canterbury Cathedral
Saint Helena (US: ; US: ) is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1,874 km (1,165 miles) west of the mainland of the continent of Africa, with the Southern...
Martha's Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold
France, England, and the Netherlands sign the Concert of The Hague, outlining a common stance on how the Second Northern War should end
General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
Mary Campbell (later Mary Campbell Willford) was an American colonial settler who was known for her abduction by Native Americans during the French and Indian War being the first white child to...
Curacao Island Council forbids criticism of House of Orange
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen (German: Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847) was an...
1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
Captain William Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand; the North Island by treaty and the South Island by 'discovery'
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
The sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J.
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to...
Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the US Civil War ends inclusively with an estimated 32,000 casualties on both sides
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.
Australian boxer Peter Jackson and future world heavyweight champion Jim Corbett fight a No Contest in 61 rounds at California Athletic Club, San Francisco
Pagliacci is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine. His last words were reputed to be "Courage, camarades! Vive l'anarchie!"
Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time
Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metals. This is often done to protect consumers from buying fake items. Upon successful completion of an assay (i.e.
Louis H. Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars
French troop enter Fez in Morocco to quell anti-European agitation
Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census.
Britain begins "Summer Time" (daylight saving time)
Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WWI
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of...
Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co.
Colonel Jacob Ruppert buys out Colonel Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston's interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000 to become sole owner
Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap and kill Bobby Franks to demonstrate their supposed intellectual superiority by committing a "perfect crime"
George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, becomes British High Commissioner in Egypt
White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
Automatic electric stock quotation board installed in NYC
Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. census.
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
AVRO chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees
German airforce occupies airport at Maleme, Crete
Convoy PQ 16 (21–30 May 1942) was an Arctic convoy of British, United States and Allied ships from Iceland to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union during the Second World War.
Fastest 9 inning AL baseball night game (89 mins), Chicago White Sox beat visiting Washington Senators, 1-0
WWII: West Loch Disaster - explosion during munition loading kills at least 160 sailors, injures nearly 400, destroys six ships and damages 3 piers and several buildings at Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base in Oahu, Hawaii; details were kept classified until the early 1960s
Australian Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
Physicist Louis Slotin is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation while preparing a plutonium core experiment at the Los Alamos lab, he dies 9 days later and the accident ends all hands-on nuclear assembly work at Los Alamos
Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition - a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.
Booklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in their 1st inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 19-1
French government of René Mayer resigns
US Twenty-sixth amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset
Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
Indonesian paratroopers reconquer Morotai Island
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a 183-acre (74 ha) zoo in Cleveland, Ohio. The Zoo is divided into several areas: Australian Adventure; African Savanna; Northern Wilderness Trek, The Primate, Cat &...
Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery, Alabama
Three more Cleveland HRs set the AL record for most HRs (26) over 8 games
1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
Elva Ruby Miller (October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997) known professionally as Mrs. Miller, was an American singer who became a novelty figure in the 1960s for her unconventional interpretations of...
Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs sets outfielder record of 695 straight MLB games
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John...
Lowell W. Perry is confirmed as chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
"Telephone Line" is a song by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in May 1977 through Jet Records and United Artists Records as part of the album A New World Record.
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
"WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station, 90th and final episode airs on CBS
"Bang the Drum All Day" is a song from Todd Rundgren's 1982 album The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, released as a single in April 1983.
Israel exchanges 1,150 prisoners with the PFLP-GC in return for 3 Israeli soldiers
Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
"Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Opposition and independence leader Xanana Gusmao of East Timor sentenced to life in prison (released 1999)
MLB Cincinnati Reds bat out of order against Los Angeles Dodgers in 2nd inning
Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens beats the Yankees for his 200th win
Five abortion clinics in Miami, Florida, are targeted by a butyric acid attack
French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
Earthquake hits northern Algeria, killing more than 2,000 people
Stanislav Petrov receives the World Citizen Award for averting a potential nuclear war in 1983, after he correctly identified a fault in the Soviet early warning system
The Republic of Montenegro was a constituent federated state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro between 1992 and 2006.
Cutty Sark, the last surviving tea clipper, is badly damaged by fire in Greenwich, England.
people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen
Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One
José Mário Vaz is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as president of Guinea-Bissau from 23 June 2014 to 27 February 2020.
William Jonathan Drayton Jr., known by his stage name Flavor Flav ( FLAY-vər FLAYV), is an American rapper and television personality.
Akhtar Mohammad Mansur (1959 – 21 May 2016) was an Afghan militant who served as the second supreme leader of the Taliban from 2015 until his assassination in a US drone strike in Balochistan,...
Austria's far-right Freedom Party resigns from the ruling coalition after two of their ministers are sacked for offering government contracts for political influence in a video
Kami Rita (कामीरिता शेर्पा; January 1970) is a Nepali Sherpa guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest. He has held the record since May 2018.
Most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle detected by Osaka University from Utah's Array Telescope measuring 240 exa-electronvolts (EeV; 1018 electronvolts) - nicknamed ‘Amaterasu’ [1]
First female Arab astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, from Saudi Arabia goes into space on Axiom Space's second private mission, with fellow Saudi Ali Alqarni and Americans, Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner [1]
French Post Office La Poste issues a scratch-and-sniff stamp that smells of bread, to celebrate the baguette [1]
At least six people are killed and 38 injured in a bomb attack on a military-operated school bus in the Khuzdar District, Pakistan [1]
Philip II of Spain is born
Elizabeth Fry, English social reformer, known for english social reformer, was born on 1780-05-21.
Andrei Sakharov, Russian soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist, known for soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist, was born on 1921-05-21.
Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer, known for american serial killer, was born on 1960-05-21.
Loretta Lynch, American attorney, known for american attorney, was born on 1960-05-21.
Mr. T actor and former professional wrestler, known for american actor and former professional wrestler, was born on 1953-05-21. Mr. T is an American actor and retired professional wrestler.
Fats Waller, American musician, known for american jazz pianist and composer, was born on 1904-05-21.
Josh Allen, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1997-05-21.
Alexander Pope poet, known for english poet, was born on 1688-05-21. Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S.
Harold Robbins, American author, known for american author, was born on 1916-05-21. Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author.
Henry VI of England, French king of england, known for king of england, died on 1471-05-21.
Venustiano Carranza dies
Jane Addams, American reformer, known for american reformer, died on 1935-05-21. Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker,…
Rajiv Gandhi dies
Syracuse is a city and municipality, capital of the free municipal consortium of the same name, located in the autonomous region of Sicily in Southern Italy.
Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman emperor and King of Italy from 996 until his death in 1002.
King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
Kublai Khan's second invasion of Japan begins with an attack on Tsushima Island but encounters fierce resistance, forcing his troops to withdraw
Earthquake centered on Dover Straits with estimated magnitude of 6.0 causes widespread damage, including to Canterbury Cathedral
Henry VI of England, French king of england, known for king of england, died on 1471-05-21.
Saint Helena (US: ; US: ) is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1,874 km (1,165 miles) west of the mainland of the continent of Africa, with the Southern...
Philip II of Spain is born
Martha's Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold
France, England, and the Netherlands sign the Concert of The Hague, outlining a common stance on how the Second Northern War should end
King Charles II of England (31) marries Catherine of Braganza (23), daughter of John IV of Portugal in Portsmouth, England
General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
Alexander Pope poet, known for english poet, was born on 1688-05-21. Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S.
Mary Campbell (later Mary Campbell Willford) was an American colonial settler who was known for her abduction by Native Americans during the French and Indian War being the first white child to...
Elizabeth Fry, English social reformer, known for english social reformer, was born on 1780-05-21.
Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula erupts, creating a tsunami and killing about 15,000 people in the country's deadliest volcanic eruption
Curacao Island Council forbids criticism of House of Orange
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen (German: Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847) was an...
1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Captain William Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand; the North Island by treaty and the South Island by 'discovery'
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
The sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J.
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to...
Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the US Civil War ends inclusively with an estimated 32,000 casualties on both sides
French Army attacks Paris, starting the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week), a weeklong battle that kills 10,000-15,000 and ends the Paris Commune
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.
Australian boxer Peter Jackson and future world heavyweight champion Jim Corbett fight a No Contest in 61 rounds at California Athletic Club, San Francisco
Pagliacci is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine. His last words were reputed to be "Courage, camarades! Vive l'anarchie!"
Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time
Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metals. This is often done to protect consumers from buying fake items. Upon successful completion of an assay (i.e.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; lit. 'International Association Football Federation' or 'International Federation of Association Football') is an international...
Fats Waller, American musician, known for american jazz pianist and composer, was born on 1904-05-21.
Louis H. Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars
First American horror movie silent film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premieres in Chicago
French troop enter Fez in Morocco to quell anti-European agitation
Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census.
Britain begins "Summer Time" (daylight saving time)
Harold Robbins, American author, known for american author, was born on 1916-05-21. Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author.
Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WWI
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of...
Venustiano Carranza dies
Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co.
Andrei Sakharov, Russian soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist, known for soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist, was born on 1921-05-21.
Colonel Jacob Ruppert buys out Colonel Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston's interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000 to become sole owner
Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap and kill Bobby Franks to demonstrate their supposed intellectual superiority by committing a "perfect crime"
George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, becomes British High Commissioner in Egypt
White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author.
Automatic electric stock quotation board installed in NYC
After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, completing the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman
Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. census.
Jane Addams, American reformer, known for american reformer, died on 1935-05-21. Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker,…
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
AVRO chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees
German airforce occupies airport at Maleme, Crete
Convoy PQ 16 (21–30 May 1942) was an Arctic convoy of British, United States and Allied ships from Iceland to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union during the Second World War.
Fastest 9 inning AL baseball night game (89 mins), Chicago White Sox beat visiting Washington Senators, 1-0
American actor Burgess Meredith (36) weds American actress Paulette Goddard (33) at film studio executive David O. Selznick's Beverly Hills home - third time for each; divorce in 1949
WWII: West Loch Disaster - explosion during munition loading kills at least 160 sailors, injures nearly 400, destroys six ships and damages 3 piers and several buildings at Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base in Oahu, Hawaii; details were kept classified until the early 1960s
Australian Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
Physicist Louis Slotin is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation while preparing a plutonium core experiment at the Los Alamos lab, he dies 9 days later and the accident ends all hands-on nuclear assembly work at Los Alamos
Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition - a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.
Booklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in their 1st inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 19-1
French government of René Mayer resigns
Mr. T actor and former professional wrestler, known for american actor and former professional wrestler, was born on 1953-05-21. Mr. T is an American actor and retired professional wrestler.
US Twenty-sixth amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset
Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
Indonesian paratroopers reconquer Morotai Island
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a 183-acre (74 ha) zoo in Cleveland, Ohio. The Zoo is divided into several areas: Australian Adventure; African Savanna; Northern Wilderness Trek, The Primate, Cat &...
Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer, known for american serial killer, was born on 1960-05-21.
Loretta Lynch, American attorney, known for american attorney, was born on 1960-05-21.
Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery, Alabama
Three more Cleveland HRs set the AL record for most HRs (26) over 8 games
1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
Elva Ruby Miller (October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997) known professionally as Mrs. Miller, was an American singer who became a novelty figure in the 1960s for her unconventional interpretations of...
Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs sets outfielder record of 695 straight MLB games
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John...
Lowell W. Perry is confirmed as chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
"Telephone Line" is a song by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in May 1977 through Jet Records and United Artists Records as part of the album A New World Record.
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
Reggae musician Bob Marley receives a Jamaican state funeral
"WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station, 90th and final episode airs on CBS
"Bang the Drum All Day" is a song from Todd Rundgren's 1982 album The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, released as a single in April 1983.
Israel exchanges 1,150 prisoners with the PFLP-GC in return for 3 Israeli soldiers
Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
"Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
Rajiv Gandhi dies
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Opposition and independence leader Xanana Gusmao of East Timor sentenced to life in prison (released 1999)
MLB Cincinnati Reds bat out of order against Los Angeles Dodgers in 2nd inning
Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens beats the Yankees for his 200th win
Josh Allen, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1997-05-21.
Five abortion clinics in Miami, Florida, are targeted by a butyric acid attack
French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
Earthquake hits northern Algeria, killing more than 2,000 people
Stanislav Petrov receives the World Citizen Award for averting a potential nuclear war in 1983, after he correctly identified a fault in the Soviet early warning system
The Republic of Montenegro was a constituent federated state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro between 1992 and 2006.
Cutty Sark, the last surviving tea clipper, is badly damaged by fire in Greenwich, England.
American rapper and actor Nas (37) divorces American R&B singer Kelis (31) after 5 years of marriage
people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen
Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One
José Mário Vaz is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as president of Guinea-Bissau from 23 June 2014 to 27 February 2020.
William Jonathan Drayton Jr., known by his stage name Flavor Flav ( FLAY-vər FLAYV), is an American rapper and television personality.
Akhtar Mohammad Mansur (1959 – 21 May 2016) was an Afghan militant who served as the second supreme leader of the Taliban from 2015 until his assassination in a US drone strike in Balochistan,...
Austria's far-right Freedom Party resigns from the ruling coalition after two of their ministers are sacked for offering government contracts for political influence in a video
Kami Rita (कामीरिता शेर्पा; January 1970) is a Nepali Sherpa guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest. He has held the record since May 2018.
Most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle detected by Osaka University from Utah's Array Telescope measuring 240 exa-electronvolts (EeV; 1018 electronvolts) - nicknamed ‘Amaterasu’ [1]
First female Arab astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, from Saudi Arabia goes into space on Axiom Space's second private mission, with fellow Saudi Ali Alqarni and Americans, Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner [1]
French Post Office La Poste issues a scratch-and-sniff stamp that smells of bread, to celebrate the baguette [1]
At least six people are killed and 38 injured in a bomb attack on a military-operated school bus in the Khuzdar District, Pakistan [1]