May 21st is officially Memo Day as well as Rapture Party Day.
Today marks day 141 of the year, and we have 224 days left of the year.
People who were born on this day all share the Gemini zodiac sign.
Here you’re going to learn some interesting facts about this day, as well as the important, and strange events that happened on this day throughout history.
Did you know that on this day in 1981, Bob Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica? He was considered one of the pioneers of reggae and a Rastafari icon.
Keep reading for more facts about May 21st in history!
What Happened On May 21 In History?
2001
French Taubira law officially recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
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1999
All My Children star Susan Lucci at last won a Daytime Emmy after being nominated 19 times, the longest period of unsuccessful nominations in television history.
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1981
Bob Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica.
This special funeral combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition, both of which he held to. He was buried in a chapel near his birthplace with his guitar.
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1972
Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was vandalized.
A man with a hammer attacked the statue, hitting it 15 times. He removed Mary's arm at the elbow, knocked off a chunk of her nose, and chipped one of her eyelids. Eventually he was restrained by bystanders.
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1951
The 9th Street Art Exhibition opened.
It was a gathering of several notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde.
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1932
Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry in Northern Island, completing her solo transatlantic flight, making her the first woman to do so.
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1927
Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, landed in Paris after the first ever solo air crossing of Atlantic.
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1881
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton, a pioneering American nurse.
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1864
Russia declared an end to the Russian-Circassian War.
After this, many Circassians were forced into exile. The day is designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning. Over 1.5 million people were driven out, many of which died on the way out due to disease, hunger, and exhaustion.
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Did you know that on this day, May 21st 1981, Bob Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica?