Events (100 years ago today): 1921 – Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.

Births (100 years ago today): 1921 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)

Births (50 years ago today): 1971 – Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player

Deaths (500 years ago today): 1521 – Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1442)

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

Commemorations:
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day