Famous Birthdays
- Johnny Majors, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (All American 1956; U of Tennessee) and coach (Iowa State; National C'ship 1976, Pittsburgh; Tennessee), born in Lynchburg, Tennessee (d. 2020)
- Terry Lightfoot, British clarinetist and bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), born in Potters Bar, England (d. 2013)
Famous Deaths
- Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist who rediscovered Mendel's theory of heredity and for his work on genes (The Mutation Theory), dies at 87
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
American pacifist, social activist, feminist, author, co-founder of ACLU (Nobel Prize for Peace, 1931), dies at 65 [1]
1935 Highlights
About May 21, 1935
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 88 years, 10 months and 8 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Gemini