May 21

TSB Bank Scotland (now Lloyds TSB Scotland) formed

May 21, 1983

James Plunkett, pseudonym of James Plunkett Kelly; novelist, is born in Dublin

May 21, 1920

Dennis Day, of Irish parents, is born in New York, NY

May 21, 1917

Clocks and watches go forward one hour as the Daylight Saving Act (Summer Time) is introduced

May 21, 1916

Count Daniel O'Connell, a soldier in French and British services, is born in Derrynane, Co. Kerry

May 21, 1745

James Graham, (Montrose), Scottish royalist commander, executed by Cromwellian government

May 21, 1650

Lord Deputy Thomas Wentworth imposes the Black Oath of loyalty to Charles I on all Ulster Scots over the age of 16

May 21, 1639