FIFA (International Association of Football Associations) Established in Paris

May 21 is the 141nd day of the year (142rd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 224 days left until the end of the year.

Events

996 – III. Otto was crowned the Holy Roman Empire. 16-year-old Otto has been King of Germany since he was 3 years old. His empire lasted 6 years.
1847 – General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (Defterhane-is Amire Kalemi) was established.
1864 – Circassians (Adige Heku in their native language Адыгэхэр ((Adige)), exiled from their homeland of Circassia (Адыгэ Хэку (Adige Heku) in their native language) to Ottoman lands after being subjected to genocide by Tsarist Russia.
1881 - The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
1900 - Russia begins to invade Manchuria, using the Boxer uprising in China as an excuse.
1904 – FIFA (International Association of Football Associations) was founded in Paris.
1927 - American aviator Charles Lindbergh, 'Sprit of St. He became the first pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean by flying from New York to Paris in his plane named Louis'.
1960 – Military Academy students made a silent march against the Government.
1963 – Commander of the Military Academy Talat Aydemir attempted a second coup attempt on the grounds that some of the reforms proposed by the Constitution were not carried out, but it was unsuccessful.
1979 – The “White Night Riots” took place in San Francisco, California, against Dan White receiving the minimum sentence for the murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone.
1981 – Atatürk's 100th birthday was celebrated with ceremonies.
1983 – The 18th of the exhibitions organized by the Council of Europe to promote the cultures that make up the richness of European civilization was opened in Istanbul under the name of Anatolian Civilizations Exhibition.
1991 - Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.
1994 – A stampede broke out during the stoning of the devil in the Hajj: 185 pilgrims died, seven of whom were Turks.
1996 – Selcuk Parsadan, who is alleged to have defrauded some people and organizations with 5.5 billion liras from the hidden appropriation, was caught in Altınoluk town of Balıkesir.
1997 – Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation Vural Savaş filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court for the permanent closure of Welfare Party on the grounds that it became the focus of actions contrary to the principle of secularism in the Constitution.
2004 – President Ahmet Necdet Sezer approved the constitutional amendment and the State Security Courts (DGM) were abolished.
2017 – Fenerbahce became EuroLeague champion by beating Olympiakos.

Births

1173 Shinran, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1263)
1471 – Albrecht Dürer, German painter and mathematician (d. 1528)
1527 – II. Felipe, King of Spain (d. 1598)
1688 – Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
1799 – Mary Anning, British fossil collector, fossil dealer, and paleontologist (d. 1847)
1808 – Lavrentiy Alekseyevich Zagoskin, Russian naval officer and explorer of Alaska (d. 1890)
1816 – Stephen Allen Benson, Liberian politician (d. 1865)
1844 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (d. 1910)
1851 – Léon Bourgeois, French politician (d. 1925)
1855 – Émile Verhaeren, Belgian poet (d. 1916)
1902 – Marcel Breuer, American architect and designer (d. 1981)
1913 – Suzan Kahramaner, Turkish academic and one of Turkey's first female mathematicians (d. 2006)
1916 – Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)
1921 – Andrey Saharov, Russian physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1925 – Frank Kameny, American astronomer and LGBT rights activist (d. 2011)
1928 – Dore Ashton, American academic, author, art historian, and critic (d. 2017)
1933 – Richard Libertini, American stage, film and television actor (d. 2016)
1947 – İlber Ortaylı, Turkish academic and historian
1949 – Arno, Belgian singer and actor
1950 – Remídio José Bohn, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2018)
1952 – Mr. T, American actor and professional wrestler
1955 – Ayşe Kökçü, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actress
1955 – Sergey Shoigu, Russian soldier and politician of Tuvan descent
1957 – Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
1959 – Nick Cassavetes, American actor, screenwriter, and film producer
1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
1962 – Payidar Tüfekçioğlu, Turkish actor and voice actor (d. 2017)
1966 – Lisa Edelstein, American actress and playwright
1967 – Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1968 – Nasuh Mahruki, Turkish mountaineer, writer and photographer
1968 – Nihat Odabaşı, Turkish photographer
1972 – The Notorious BIG, American rapper (b. 1997)
1973 - Stewart Cink, American golfer
1974 - Fairuza Balk, American actress
1974 – Havoc, American rapper and producer
1974 – Masaru Hashiguchi, Japanese football player
1976 – Carlo Ljubek, German actor of Croatian descent
1976 - Stuart Bingham, English professional snooker player
1979 – Hideo Hashimoto, Japanese international football player
1979 – Lino Guanciale, Italian actor
1979 – Mamadou Bagayoko, French-Malian football player
1980 – Aydın Cetin, Turkish football player
1980 – Gotye, Belgian-Australian musician, songwriter, and composer
1980 – Goran Cakic, Serbian basketball player
1981 – Edson Buddle, American football player
1981 – Maximilian Mutzke, German singer
1982 – Saygin Soysal, Turkish cinema and TV series actor
1985 - Alison Carroll, British model
1985 – Galena, Bulgarian pop-folk singer
1985 – Mark Cavendish, Isle of Man professional road bike racer
1985 – Mutya Buena, English singer, songwriter and producer
1986 – Mario Mandžukić, Croatian football player
1986 – Masato Morishige, Japanese football player
1986 – Park So-jin, South Korean singer
1987 – Ashlie Brillault, American actress
1987 – Hit-Boy, American hip hop singer and producer
1987 – Mateus de Souza, Brazilian football player
1987 – Wilson Morelo, Colombian football player
1988 – Idir Ouali, French football player
1988 – Kim Joo-ri, South Korean model
1988 – Muhammed Ali Atam, Turkish national football player
1989 – Gülcan Mıngır, Turkish athlete
1989 – Hal Robson-Kanu, Welsh footballer
1990 – Rene Krhin, Slovenian football player
1991 – Abdoulay Diaby, Malian football player
1991 – Guilherme, Brazilian football player
1992 – Dylan van Baarle, Dutch professional road cyclist
1992 – Hutch Dano, American actor and rapper
1992 – Juwan Staten, American professional basketball player
1993 – Daniel Sotres, Spanish goalkeeper
1993 – Luke Garbutt, English football player
1993 – Matías Kranevitter, Argentine football player
1994 - Tom Daley, British diver
1996 – Dorukhan Tokoz, Turkish football player
1996 – Eric Traore, Burkina Faso football player
1997 – Federico Bonazzoli, Italian football player
1997 – Patrick Ngoma, Zambian football player
2002 – Adam Tučný, Slovak football player

Deaths

252 – Sun Quan, founder and first emperor of the Wu Dynasty during the Three Empires of China (b. 182)
987 – Louis V, king of West Francia (b. 967)
1086 – Wang Anshi, Chinese economist, statesman, and poet (b. 1021)
1251 – IV. Conrad, Holy Roman emperor (b. 1228)
1471 – VI. Henry, king of England (b. 1421)
1481 – Christian I, king of Denmark and Sweden (b. 1426)
1542 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish traveler (b. 1496)
1639 – Tommaso Campanella, Dominican friar, Italian poet, writer (b. 1568)
1686 – Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602)
1786 – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish-German pharmacist and chemist (b. 1742)
1865 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish historian of antiquity (b. 1788)
1894 – Emile Henry, French activist and Anarchist (b. 1872)
1895 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. 1819)
1911 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish astronomer (b. 1857)
1920 – Eleanor Hodgman Porter, American author (b. 1868)
1920 – Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician (b. 1859)
1922 – Michael Mayr, Austrian historian (b. 1864)
1935 – Jane Addams, American social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1935 – Hugo De Vries, Dutch botanist and biologist (b. 1848)
1949 – Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
1952 – John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
1964 – James Franck, German physicist and Nobel Prize-winning scientist (b. 1882)
1965 – Geoffrey de Havilland, English aircraft designer (b. 1882)
1967 – Nurettin Baransel, Turkish soldier and 7th Chief of Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (b. 1897)
1971 – Avni Dilligil, Turkish actress (b. 1908)
1973 – Ivan Konev, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1897)
1982 – Giovanni Muzio, Italian architect and academic (b. 1893)
1983 – Kenneth Clark, English writer (b. 1903)
1983 – Eric Hoffer, American author (b. 1902)
1991 – Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
1997 – Mustafa Ekmekçi, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1924)
2000 – Barbara Cartland, English writer (b. 1901)
2000 – John Gielgud, English actor and winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (b. 1904)
2005 – Şevki Şenlen, Turkish national football player and sports writer (b. 1949)
2008 – Cengiz Keskinkılıç, Turkish theater and TV series actor, voice actor and director (b. 1938)
2013 – Antoine Bourseiller, French comedian, theater and opera director (b. 1930)
2014 – Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan politician (b. 1924)
2015 – César Boutteville, French chess player (b. 1917)
2015 – Louis Johnson, American bass guitarist and musician (b. 1955)
2016 – Gaston Berghmans, Dutch-born Belgian actor and comedian (b. 1926)
2016 – Akhtar Mansour, Taliban leader (b. 1956)
2016 – Nick Menza, German musician (b. 1964)
2017 – Paul Judge, English businessman and politician (b. 1949)
2017 – Jimmy LaFave, American singer, songwriter, and folk musician (b. 1955)
2017 – Philippa Roles, Welsh female discus thrower (b. 1978)
2018 – António Arnault, Portuguese poet, writer, lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
2018 – Anna Maria Ferrero, Italian actress (b. 1934)
2018 – Ghulam Reza Hasani, Iranian scholar (b. 1927)
2018 – Nabukazu Kuriki, Japanese businessman and mountaineer (b. 1982)
2018 – Allyn Ann McLerie, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1926)
2018 – Clint Walker, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
2019 – Royce Mills, British stage, television and film actor (b. 1942)
2019 – Yavuz Özkan, Turkish director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2020 – Kamrun Nahar Putul, Bangladeshi female politician (b. 1955)
2020 – Hugo Ryckeboer, Belgian West Flemish dialectologist (b. 1935)
2020 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2021 – Tahir Salahov, Soviet-Azerbaijani painter (b. 1928)
2021 – Klemen Tinal, Indonesian politician (b. 1970)
2022 – Marco Cornez, Chilean former football player (b. 1957)

Holidays and special occasions

World Milk Day
World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
Storm: Pleiades Storm