Today’s highlight

On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

On this date

1927: Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis monoplane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours.

1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.

1972: Michelangelo’s Pieta, on display at the Vatican, was damaged by a hammer-wielding man who shouted he was Jesus Christ.

1979: 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 the verdict sparked rioting.

1991: Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated during national elections by a suicide bomber.

2018: A divided Supreme Court ruled that businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together in disputes over pay and conditions in the workplace, finding that individual employees can be forced to use arbitration, not the courts, to air complaints about wages and overtime.

2022: Concern mounted over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia’s brutal three-month siege in Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed tribunals. Russia claimed the Azovstal steel plant, which for weeks was the last holdout in the strategic port city and a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity, now in ruins with more than 20,000 residents feared dead.

Today’s birthdays

R&B singer Ron Isley is 82. Former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., is 72. Actor Mr. T is 71. Actor-director Nick Cassavetes is 64. Rock singer-musician Mikel Jollett (Airborne Toxic Event) is 49. Actor David Ajala is 37. Actor Ashlie Brillault is 36. Country singer Cody Johnson is 36.