Born on 21 May 1965

At A Glance

21 May 1965 at a glance

Day of the week

21 May 1965 was a Friday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Ticket to Ride / Yes It Is” by The Beatles was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1965

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1965 was The Sound of Music.

Star sign

The star sign for 21 May is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 21 May 1965 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 21 May 1965 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 May

• 1951 The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
• 1966 The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
• 1972 Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
• 1981 The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
• 1981 Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.

Famous people born on 21 May

• Josh Allen, American football player (born 1996)
• Mr. T, American actor and wrestler (born 1952)
• The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (1972–1997)
• Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player (born 1996)

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