Born on 21 May 1973

At A Glance

21 May 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

21 May 1973 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn 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 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 21 May is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 21 May 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 21 May 1973 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 May

• 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.
• 1988 Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

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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