Today in History: May 21, Clara Barton founds American Red Cross

Currently is Wednesday May the st day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On May the American Red Cross was founded by nurse and educator Clara Barton in Washington D C Also on this date In -year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a thrill killing carried out by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb Bobby s distant cousin Related Articles George Wendt who played a beloved barfly on Cheers and revealed another home onstage dies at At present in History May United States detonates first hydrogen bomb Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from Venezuelans who vulnerability deportation Stocks bonds and the dollar drift after the latest downgrade to the US governing body s credit rating Colorado other states sue Trump over immigration-enforcement conditions on federal funds In Charles A Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St Louis monoplane near Paris completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in hours In Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland about hours after leaving Newfoundland In a German U-boat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in the South Atlantic after the ship s passengers and crew were allowed to board lifeboats In Chuck Berry recorded his first single Maybellene for Chess Records in Chicago In Michelangelo s Pieta in St Peter s Basilica at the Vatican was damaged by a hammer-wielding man The sculpture went back on display months later after its damaged elements were reconstructed In former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slayings of Mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk Outrage over White s lenient sentence sparked the White Night riots that evening In former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated amid Indian national elections by a suicide bomber In current times s Birthdays Baseball Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox is Singer Ronald Isley The Isley Brothers is Singer Leo Sayer is Actor Mr T is Actor Judge Reinhold is Filmmaker Nick Cassavetes is Actor Lisa Edelstein is Comedian-TV presenter Noel Fielding is Actor Fairuza Balk is Actor Da Vine Elation Randolph is Country musician Cody Johnson is Actor Hannah Einbinder is NFL quarterback Josh Allen is