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Polly Beckham, of Ambler, Pa., holds a sign during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of their groups, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Philadelphia. Tea party groups and other groups are urging activists across the country to demonstrate at their local Internal Revenue Service offices. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Protesters chant 'Stop the IRS' in CincinnatiChanting 'Stop the IRS,' tea party protesters rally in Cincinnati over agency's scrutiny
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Family members of Ahmed Alwan, 28, who was killed in a car bomb attack, load his coffin onto a vehicle before transporting the coffin for burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)
More attacks across Iraq kill 13 peopleAfter deadly day, new attacks in Iraq kill 13 people and wound dozens, officials say
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FILE - This Jan. 8, 2011 file photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows Jared Loughner, who carried out the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday May 21, 2013, that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage . (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Department via The Arizona Republic, File)
Police release photos from Tucson shooting rampageAuthorities release nearly 600 photos police took in aftermath of Tucson shooting rampage
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A local resident allowed by security officers into an otherwise sealed off neighborhood walks past the rubble of destroyed homes, one day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bombPrecise combination of factors create Okla. killer tornado with power of many Hiroshima bombs
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This picture taken some time in the late 1970s or early 1980s and provided by the family shows Boruch Spiegel, one of the last surviving insurgents of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Spiegel died in Montreal on May 9 at age 93.(AP Photo)
Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93Boruch Spiegel, 1 of last surviving fighters of Warsaw ghetto uprising, dies at 93
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Dr. Urmen Desai, right and Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, both plastic surgeons, are shown during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The the photos on the left are of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left Poppo blind, but the doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take care of himself. The doctors say Poppo also has learned to play guitar and practices daily. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitarDoctors say victim of face-chewing attack in Miami last year making progress, playing guitar
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Metal placards in the shape of Israeli soldiers stand on the memorial site of the battle of Tel Saki, one of the first of the 1973 Israeli Yom Kippur War, in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Israel's military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli military jeep came under fire from Syrian forces early Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Tuesday that Israel will not allow the Golan Heights "to become a comfortable sphere for Assad to operate from." He said that if the situation deteriorates further, Assad "will have to bear the consequences." (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Syria opposition signals tough line on peace talksSyria's main opposition bloc signals tough line on attending possible talks with Assad regime
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Algerian president leaves Paris military hospitalAlgeria's president recovering in undisclosed location after leaving Paris military hospital
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FILE - This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned down an appeal Tuesday from Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, which had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the images. (AP Photo, File)
Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wrapsAppeals court turns away effort to force US to release photos taken of dead bin Laden
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Polly Beckham, of Ambler, Pa., holds a sign during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of their groups, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Philadelphia. Tea party groups and other groups are urging activists across the country to demonstrate at their local Internal Revenue Service offices. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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In this May 10, 2013 photo, the No. 2 official at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Conrad Tribble, top row second from right, poses with Cuban bloggers and tweeters holding their name tags at the end of a meeting called TwittHab 2.0 in Havana, Cuba. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders have referred to the Internet as “a wild colt” to be tamed and make access difficult for all but a few. Tribble mostly listened for about an hour as others talked about things like the challenges of getting online in a country with the lowest Internet connectivity rate in the Western Hemisphere. (AP Photo/Roberto Suarez)
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FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. officials said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2012, file photo Toby Keith performs at the 60th Annual BMI Country Awards on in Nashville, Tenn. Keith, whose hometown was hit by a massive tornado on Monday, said Tuesday, May 21, 2013, the people of Moore, Okla., are resilient and he has fielded calls about putting together a benefit for tornado victims. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)
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Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered in 2005. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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On May 21, 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.

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King Henry VI of England died in the Tower of London at age 49.

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Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River.

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