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May the 21st
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2005 |
In Kiev, Ukraine, Greece won the fiftieth Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'My Number One' performed by Elena Paparizou. |
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2003 |
An earthquake hit northern Algeria, killing more than 2,000 people. |
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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. |
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1991 |
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated near the city of Madras. |
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1917 |
A fire destroyed approximately 2000 homes in the city of Atlanta, USA. |
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1881 |
The American Red Cross was established, 5 years after the International Committee of the Red Cross was officially established. |
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