May 21: On this day… some spectacular air records, some harrowing shipping tales
May 21, 2022 0Middle East Logistics News
1403 Henry of Castile sends envoys to the feared Mongol warlord Timur to discuss an alliance against the Ottomans.
1703 Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe – second only to The Bible in its number of translations – is jailed.
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May 21: On this day… some spectacular air records, some harrowing shipping tales