HISTORY QUIZ FOR THE DAY (May-21)

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May 21, 1851 :: Leon BOURGEOIS :: A politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920. Born this day.
May 21, 1860 :: Willem EINTHOVEN :: A Dutch physiologist who devised the in 1903. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1924. born this day.
May 21, 1920 :: VENUSTIANO CARRANZA :: Died this day, he was the 54th President of (b. 1859).
May 21, 1921 :: ANDREI Dmitrievich SAKHAROV :: born this day, he was an eminent Soviet , dissident and human rights activist. Sakharov was an advocate of civil liberties and reforms in the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
May 21, 1929 :: ARCHIBALD PRIMROSE :: Died this day, he was the Prime Minister of the (b. 1847).
May 21, 1930 :: John Malcolm FRASER :: Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983. born this day.
May 21, 1934 :: BENGT I. SAMUELSSON :: Born this day, he is a biochemist, Nobel laureate.
May 21, 1935 :: JANE ADDAMS :: died this day, he was an social worker, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1860).
May 21, 1936 :: GUNTER BLOBEL :: Born this day, he is a biologist, Nobel laureate.
May 21, 1944 :: MARY ROBINSON :: Born this day, he is the President of .
May 21, 1960 :: Vladimir SALNIKOV :: Russian , who won 4 Golds at Olympics and happened to be the first to break the 15 minutes barrier in 1500 meter freestyle. born this day.
May 21, 1960 :: MOHANLAL :: Born this day, he is an Indian actor.
May 21, 1971 :: Aditya CHOPRA :: Born this day, he is an Indian .
May 21, 1976 :: ADITI GOWITRIKAR :: Born this day, she is an Indian .
May 21, 1991 :: RAJIV GANDHI :: Former Prime Minister of India.He was assassinated on this day by an LTTE .
May 21, 1994 :: SUSHMITA Sen :: Indian . On this day, she became the first Indian to be crowned as such.
May 21, 1997 :: :: Paki cricketer batsman.On this day, he scored 194 against India at Chennai, the highest score in ODI, beating the previous record of Vivian Richards (189) against England in 1984.