The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was founded in 1991 to promote private and entrepreneurial initiatives in the countries of central and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
... author, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature
May 11 - Salvador Dalí, artist
May 17 - Jean Gabin[?], actor (+ 1976)
May 21 - Fats Waller, pianist (+ 1943)
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