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What happened in May 1981

• May 1, 1981: Pensions in Chile: The new Chilean pension system, based on private pension funds, begins. The system is a model for other countries in Latin America and has been credited with helping to reduce poverty and increase savings.
• May 4, 1981: The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) was founded in Vienna by law students from Austria, West Germany, Poland and Hungary. ELSA is a non-profit, non-political, independent organisation run by and for law students. It has a presence in over 43 countries and is one of the largest law student organisations in the world.
• May 6, 1981: A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., from among 1,421 other entries. The memorial was dedicated in 1982 and has become one of the most iconic and visited memorials in the United States.
• May 11, 1981: The Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley dies at age 36 from cancer. Marley is one of the most influential musicians of all time and his music continues to be enjoyed by people all over the world.
• May 13, 1981: Pope John Paul II assassination attempt: Pope John Paul II is shot by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman, as he enters St. Peter's Square in Vatican City to address a general audience. The Pope recovers. The assassination attempt had a profound impact on John Paul II and his papacy.
• May 15, 1981: A prison officer, 31-year-old Donna Payant, disappears at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York. She is later found to have been murdered by convicted serial killer Lemuel Smith. It is the first time a female prison officer has been killed while on duty in the United States. The murder of Donna Payant led to increased security measures at prisons across the United States.
• May 21, 1981: François Mitterrand becomes the first socialist President of the French Fifth Republic. Mitterrand's election was a watershed moment in French politics and marked the beginning of a new era of left-wing rule in France.
• May 22, 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 counts of murder and 7 of attempted murder in England. Sutcliffe's crimes terrorized the north of England for five years and his capture and conviction brought a sense of relief to the communities he had targeted.
• May 25, 1981: In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created among Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The GCC is a political and economic union that has played a significant role in promoting stability and cooperation in the Gulf region.
• May 26, 1981: The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell Propaganda Due. The Propaganda Due scandal was a major political scandal in Italy that led to the resignation of the government and the dissolution of the Propaganda Due lodge.
• May 30, 1981: Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman is assassinated in Chittagong. Rahman was a military dictator who had come to power in a coup in 1977. His assassination led to a period of political instability in Bangladesh.
• May 31, 1981: Burning of Jaffna library, one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the century. The burning of the Jaffna library was a deliberate act of cultural destruction that resulted in the loss of over 90,000 books and manuscripts. The library was a major center of Tamil culture and its destruction was a devastating blow to the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.