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May 21st, 2008EventManchester United And Chelsea Football Club compete in the first ever all English UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow, Russia. The game was won 6-5 on penalties by Manchester United.
May 21st, 2007EventThe Cutty Sark is badly damaged by fire in London, Englandied in She was the last surviving clipper, now there is none.
May 21st, 2006EventThe Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
May 21st, 2006EventThe Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year.
May 21st, 2004EventSherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu s record from the previous year.
May 21st, 2004EventStanislav Petrov is awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.
May 21st, 2003EventAn earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.
May 21st, 2001EventFrench Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
May 21st, 1998EventIn Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
May 21st, 1998EventSuharto, the Indonesian dictator who had ruled for 32 years, resigns.

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