THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on May 21 in the years identified:

1954: A Senate of 17 members, six to be elected under universal adult suffrage to represent the county constituencies, is recommended to replace the Legislative Council to meet present constitutional advances of the country. The change and composition of the new body is contained in a report of the Select Committees of the Council, which is adopted at the meeting of the council for transmission to the secretary of state for the colonies through the governor.

1974: Legislation to impose a production levy on bauxite and alumina is tabled in the House of Representatives following the announced failure of the first phase of renegotiation of contracts between the Government and the bauxite companies. Minister of Finance David Coore gives notice of the bill titled The Bauxite (Production Levy) Act 1974.

1978: Major League football champions Arnett Gardens become the island’s soccer champion when they draw 1-1 with defending champions Santos to clinch the National Craven “A” club League title before a large crowd of football fans at Sabina Park in Kingston. They ended on top of the tables with five points followed by four time champion Santos.

AP Victoria Harris, a staff member for Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, holds Clover, a nine-month-old female kangaroo, at the Secretary of State building in Sacramento, California on Tuesday. SeaWorld displayed Clover and other rescued and rehabilitated animals for state lawmakers and their staff to demonstrate the importance of conservation and animal care.