Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 21
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- 1674 - Jan III Sobieski, elected by the szlachta, became the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1879 - War of the Pacific: Two Peruvian ironclads attempted to lift the blockade of Iquique by Chilean battleships in the Battle of Iquique.
- 1894 - The Manchester Ship Canal was officially opened, linking the city of Manchester to the Irish Sea.
- 1927 - Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh (pictured) completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight.
- 1991 - Former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber.
