2021 Current Events Study GUIDE. Study GUIDE.

[Volante]

The Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the Moroccan coast, has taken down the last statue to Francisco Franco on Spanish soil

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56177819

It was not until 2007 that a Law of Historical Memory was passed that attempted to recognise the suffering of victims of Francoism.

Under that law, symbols of the dictatorship have slowly been removed, including other high-profile statues around Spain.

Elena Fernandez Trevino, of the Melilla assembly, described the removal of the enclave's Franco statue as an "historic day".

She said it was the "only statue dedicated to a dictator still in the public sphere in Europe".

[teapot37]

Mr. Potato Head is dropping the title from its name, and will be known as simply "Potato Head" starting in the fall.

[MarkBarrett]

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Rebel Wilson will host a dog grooming competition show on ABC called Pooch Perfect.

Rebel, of course, played Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect films.

[MinnesotaMyron]

Mr. Potato Head is dropping the title from its name, and will be known as simply "Potato Head" starting in the fall.

Not quite true. They're changing the overall branding of the product line to Potato Head, but Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head will still be around.

[Bamaman]

Former US Gymnastics coach John Geddert killed himself just before he was to be arrested on charges of human trafficking and sexual assault. He had connections with Larry Nasser, the disgraced Michigan State doctor serving a lengthy prison term for rape.

[Bamaman]

The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sentenced to prison.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/01/euro ... index.html

[MarkBarrett]

Netflix movie with Rosamund Pike & Peter Dinklage: I Care A Lot

Amazon Prime movie sequel with Eddie Murphy & Arsenio Hall: Coming 2 America

[teapot37]

Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced Tuesday that six of his books would be retired due to "racist and insensitive illustrations":
* And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (the first Dr. Seuss book)
* If I Ran The Zoo (the first appearance of the word "nerd")
* McElligot's Pool
* The Cat's Quizzer
* On Beyond Zebra!
* Scrambled Eggs Super!

[SBurrus]

Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, close advisor to Bill Clinton, passed away on March 1st at age 85.

I thought he had passed away a few years ago.