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The Sun enters the zodiac sign of Gemini.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_%28constellation%29

Festival of Vejovis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejovis#Festivals



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The Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society was founded on 21 May 1978 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoober_Observatory

The William Miller Sperry Observatory was dedicated on May 21, 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Miller_Sperry_Observatory

The Kuiper Airborne Observatory was dedicated on May 21, 1975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_Observatory_for_Infrared_Astronomy

The GREGOR solar telescope was inaugurated on May 21, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GREGOR_Solar_Telescope



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The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred on May 21, 2003 in northern Algeria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Boumerd%C3%A8s_earthquake



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Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean was discovered on 21 May 1502
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena

On 21 May 1946, Louis Alexander Slotin (1 December 1910 - 30 May 1946) accidentally began a fission reaction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin

The first scientific drifting ice station in the world, North Pole-1 was established on May 21, 1937
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_and_Russian_manned_drifting_ice_stations



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Charles Lindbergh transatlantic flight on May 20-21, 1927

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Amelia Earhart 1932 transatlantic solo flight
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Patricia and Mike, two cynomolgus space-monkeys, flew on May 21, 1952 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space#United_States

The Nimbus B-1 weather satellite was deliberately destroyed shortly after launch on 21 May 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator#Radioactive_contamination

Soyuz TM-1 was launched on the 21st May 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-1

The Foton 2 satellite was launched on the 21st May 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foton_(space_programs)

The Meridian 2 satellite was launched on the 21st May 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_2




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Robert Clyde "Bob" Springer (born May 21, 1942) is a retired American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Springer

Ruth Bancroft Law (May 21, 1887 - 1970) was a pioneer American aviator during the 1910s. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bancroft_Law

Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 - July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss

Sergei Konstantinovich Tumansky (21 May 1901 - 9 September 1973) was a designer of Soviet aircraft engines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Tumansky

Giuseppe Mercalli (May 21, 1850 - March 19, 1914) was an Italian volcanologist. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Mercalli

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (May 21, 1921 - December 14, 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Sakharov

David Orlin Hestenes, Ph.D. (born May 21, 1933) is a theoretical physicist and science educator. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hestenes

Charles Cóckell (born May 21, 1967) is a Professor of Astrobiology
http://tinyurl.com/p2eejs8

Mary Anning (21 May 1799 - 9 March 1847) was a British fossil collector.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning#Ichthyosaurs

Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 - 6 April 1528) was a German painter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (21 May 1792 - 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard-Gustave_Coriolis

Nils Christoffer Dunér (May 21, 1839 - November 10, 1914) was a Swedish astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Christoffer_Dun%C3%A9r



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The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back

Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American science fiction action film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_Salvation



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NGC 6287 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 21st May 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57622382/ngc-6287/

NGC 6369 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 21st May 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57622371/ngc-6369/

NGC 6401 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 21st May 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44198488/ngc-6401/



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T Scorpii was discovered on the 21st May 1860
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33368794/t-scorpii/

Asteroid (197) Arete was discovered by J. Palisa on May 21, 1879
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/197_Arete

Asteroid (480) Hansa was discovered by Max Wolf and Luigi Carnera on May 21, 1901
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480_Hansa



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Meteorites

The Werdama (H5) meteorite fell in Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, on the 21st May, 2006. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53761152/werdama-meteorite/

The Searsmont (H5) meteorite fell in Maine, USA, on the 21st May, 1871.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49237350/searsmont-meteorite/



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