21 May in Australian History

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

• 1912 – The steamship SS Koombana sinks off Port Hedland during a cyclone killing the 126 passengers.
• 1962 – The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 received assent, granting all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the option to enrol and vote in federal elections.
• 1972 – Hungarian-born Australian Lazlo Toth attacked Michelangelo’s Pietà with a hammer.
• 1975 – Rugby league footballer and boxer Anthony Mundine is born.
• 1999 – Eight decaying bodies are found in barrels in a disused bank vault north of Adelaide, marking the beginning of the Snowtown murders case.

International Observances.

• Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)
• Circassian Day of Mourning (Circassians)
• Day of Patriots and Military (Hungary)
• Independence Day, celebrates the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006, celebrated until the next day. (Montenegro)