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May 29, 2021

On May 29, 2021, a Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara. The year's #1 song was "Levitating" by Dua Lipa. Princess Lilibet of Sussex, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, Princess Lilibet of Sussex would arrive in the same year.

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2021

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2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.

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On May 29, 2021

  1. 2021 A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.

    Business jet manufactured 1971–1985

    The Cessna 500 Citation I is a small business jet produced by Cessna, the basis of the Citation family. The Fanjet 500 prototype was announced in October 1968, first flew on September 15, 1969, and was certified as the 500 Citation on September 9, 1971. It was upgraded in 1976 as the Citation I, and the 501 Citation I/SP single-pilot variant was introduced in 1977.

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Died on May 29, 2021

Gavin MacLeod American actor (1931–2021)
Mark Eaton American basketball player (1957–2021)
B. J. Thomas American singer (1942–2021)
Cornelius Sim Bruneian cardinal (1951–2021)

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Princess Lilibet of Sussex 2021–
Princess Lilibet of Sussex 2021–
Princess Lilibet of Sussex 2021–
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