ON THIS DAY
21 May
1927 – Charles Lindbergh completes the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, travelling from New York to Paris in about 33½ hours.
1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to pilot an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1972 – Michelangelo’s sculpture Pietà is attacked and badly damaged in St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.
1991 – Indian politician Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated.