1964 - The first nuclear-powered lighthouse is put into operation in Chesapeake Bay.
1945 - Lauren Bacall weds Humphrey Bogart
1925 - Canadians allow the selling of beer
1819 - The first bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
1804 - Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
This Day In Business
1917 - 300 acres of Atlanta is destroyed in the Great Atlanta fire of 1917, destroying homes and businesses.
2002 - Child actor Joe Cobb, who played "fat boy" in "Our Gang" comedies, passes away.
1840 - Britain proclaims New Zealand as a colony.
2004 - Alex Rodriguez returns to Texas as a New York Yankee and is booed loudly by fans
May 21st Holiday
Afro-Columbian Day - Celebrates the end of slavery in Columbia in 1851.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He played the character Nick Van Owen in the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Who is he?
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