What day of the week was May 21, 1981?

The day of the week May 21st, 1981 fell on was a Thursday.

Raymond McCreesh the Irish activist (b. 1957) died on this day in 1981. As did Patsy O'Hara the Irish activist (b. 1957) .

Irish Republican hunger strikers Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O'Hara die on hunger strike in Maze prison. The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due the an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.