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New Delhi:
Today in history: May 21 is the black day in Indian history when the immediate Prime Minister was killed. To say that the day of May 21 was a normal day of 24 hours like the rest of the year, but in 1991, an incident of this day shook the whole country. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the LTTE militants on this day.
Angered by sending peace forces in Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels attacked Rajiv in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. Rajiv Gandhi, who was campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections, reached a woman with a flower necklace and went very close to him and blew up her body with a bomb. The explosion was so tremendous that most of the people who were hit by him flew away.
Sushmita Sen became Miss Universe
On May 21, a thin girl of 18 years, leaving behind the beauties of the whole world, achieved the greatest title of beauty for the country. Sushmita Sen won the title of universe Sundari (Miss Universe) on 21 May.
Carl-Henz Shanenlinger dies
Carl-Hennlinger, who played in four World Cups, including the 1966 Football World Cup final for West Germany on 21 May 2024, died at the age of 85 in Cologh, Germany. Shanenlinger, who played as a defender from the left end, played 17 matches in the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 World Cups for West Germany. He played 47 international matches in total.
The sequence of other important events recorded on the date of May 21 in the history of the country and the world is as follows:-
1502: Joao da Nova of Portugal discovered the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
1819: A bicycle was first seen on the streets of New York City, USA. It was called Swift Walker.
1840: New Zealand declared Britain’s colony.
1851: Slavery practice ends in Colombia, South America.
1881: Establishment of American Red Cross Institution.
1904: Establishment of the International Football Federation (FIFA), the highest football organization in Paris.
1918: The US Representative Assembly allows women to vote.
1927: Charles Lindenberg, a US pilot, flew the first Atlantic without stopping from New York to Paris with a small aircraft.
1935: Quetta city (now in Pakistan) destroyed badly in earthquake. More than thirty thousand people died.
1961: Conflicts between white and black people in Montgumari city of Alabama, South Africa. During the meeting of Dr. Martin Luther King, who opposed the apartheid, the quarrel started by making a ruckus by the white people.
1991: The murder of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi in a bomb attack in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
1994: Sushmita Sen was awarded the title in the 43rd Miss Universe competition held in Manila.
1996: Famous soft drink company Pepsi announced to make an advertising film in space for the first time in the world.
1998: Resignation of President Suharts, who ruled Indonesia continuously for thirty -two years.
2002: Former Bangladesh President H.M. Irshad sentenced to six months imprisonment.
2003: More than 190 countries in the world approved the international treaty against tobacco in Geneva.
2021: Famous environmentalist and prominent leader of ‘Chipko Movement’, Sundarlal Bahuguna passed away.
2024: Carl-Hennlinger, who played in four World Cups including the 1966 Football World Cup final for West Germany, died at the age of 85 in Cologh, Germany.
(Tagstotranslate) NDTV News
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