May 21: Sanja Matsuri begins in Tokyo (2017)
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Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
- 878 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The city of Syracuse was captured by the Aghlabids, completing the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
- 1674 – John III Sobieski, elected by the szlachta, became the monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1917 – The Imperial War Graves Commission was established through royal charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces.
- 1927 – Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh (pictured) completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Paris–Le Bourget Airport.
- 1996 – Algerian Civil War: The remains of seven French Trappist monks who had been kidnapped in Algeria nearly two months earlier were found.
Feng Dao (b. 954) · Henri Rousseau (b. 1844) · Armand Hammer (b. 1898)
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