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On May the 21st
2005 
In Kiev, Ukraine, Greece won the fiftieth Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'My Number One' performed by Elena Paparizou.
2003 
An earthquake hit northern Algeria, killing more than 2,000 people.
1998 
Kipland Kinkel, a student at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon USA, fired a semiautomatic rifle into a classroom, killing 2 students and wounding 25 others. Earlier in the day he had murdered his parents at home.
1991 
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated near the city of Madras.
1917 
A fire destroyed approximately 2000 homes in the city of Atlanta, USA.
1881 
The American Red Cross was established, 5 years after the International Committee of the Red Cross was officially established.
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