Amelia Earhart:  Photo courtesy of the Museum of Flight

Just when you thought today was just another hump day, your bridge to the second half of the week, you would be surprised at some of the things that occurred on this day in history. According to www.history.net:

On this date:

In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 ½ hours.

In 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.

In 1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific…

Outside of the founding of the Red Cross, there is a common theme of flying.  So take flight… because anything can happen and you’ve got the rest of today to make it count!   

Don’t get strep throat, and Happy birthday to the following:

The Associated Press cites celebrity birthdays for May 21: Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 73. Rock musician Hilton Valentine (The Animals) is 71. Actor Richard Hatch is 69. Musician Bill Champlin is 67. Singer Leo Sayer is 66. Actress Carol Potter is 66. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., is 63. Actor Mr. T is 62. Music producer Stan Lynch i 59. Actor Judge Reinhold is 57.