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4/21/1981: Joe Louis

4/21/1981: Joe Louis, an African American heavyweight boxing champion was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on this day. Max Schmeling, a German heavyweight boxing champion paid for part of Joe Louis’s burial and acted as pallbearer. #onthisday

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