Born on 21 May 1946

At A Glance

21 May 1946 at a glance

Day of the week

21 May 1946 was a Tuesday.

Top Film of 1946

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1946 was Song of the South.

Star sign

The star sign for 21 May is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 21 May 1946 fell in the Year of the Dog.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 21 May 1946 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 May

• 1932 Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1934 Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
• 1937 A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• 1939 The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• 1951 The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.

Famous people born on 21 May

• Josh Allen, American football player (born 1996)
• Mr. T, American actor and wrestler (born 1952)
• The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (1972–1997)
• Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player (born 1996)

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