March 21
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from 21 March)
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). There are 285 days remaining.
| Contents |
[edit]
Events
- 1556 - In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.
- 1788 - A fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans and leaves most of the town in ruins.
- 1800 - With the church leadership driven out of the Vatican during an armed conflict, Pius VII was crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.
- 1801 - The Battle of Alexandria was fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt.
- 1804 - Code Napoléon was adopted as French civil law.
- 1857 - Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
- 1871 - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- 1919 - The Chinese High School is established in Singapore by Tan Kah Kee.
- 1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme begins
- 1928 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the Congressional Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1935 - Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asked the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Aryans'.
- 1940 - Paul Reynaud becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1945 - World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma
- 1952 - Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1960 - Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180
- 1963 - Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
- 1964 - In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" (I'm not old enough).
- 1965 - Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr leads 3,200 people on the start of the 3rd and finally successful Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery Alabama.
- 1970 The first Earth Day proclamation was issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
- 1970 - Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
- 1970 - In Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dana wins the fifteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "All Kinds of Everything".
- 1980 - President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
- 1980 - On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase "Who Shot JR?"
- 1985 - Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
- 1989 - Sports Illustrated reports allegations that tie baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.
- 1990 - Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
- 1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
- 2002 - In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
- 2004 - In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority.
- 2005 - In Red Lake, Minnesota, 10 are killed in a school shooting, the worst since the Columbine High School massacre.
[edit]
Births
- 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, (d. 1750)
- 1763 - Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
- 1768 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, French mathematician, (d. 1830)
- 1806 - Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman and national hero, (d. 1872)
- 1839 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer, (d. 1881)
- 1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer, (d. 1932)
- 1876 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
- 1882 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, actor, (d. 1971)
- 1891 - Jonathan Hale, Canadian actor (d. 1966)
- 1895 - Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist, (d. 1955)
- 1901 - Karl Arnold, politician, (d. 1958)
- 1902 - Son House, blues musician, (d. 1988)
- 1904 - Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999)
- 1906 - Jim Thompson, the "Silk King" (death date unknown)
- 1913 - George Abecassis, English Formula One driver (d. 1991)
- 1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (d. 1986)
- 1922 - Russ Meyer, film director, producer (d. 2004)
- 1923 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava, the founder of Sahaja Yoga
- 1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, politician
- 1932 - Joseph Silverstein, American violinist, conductor
- 1930 - James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1934 - Al Freeman, Jr., American actor
- 1936 - Mike Westbrook, English composer
- 1940 - Solomon Burke, American singer
- 1943 - Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
- 1945 - Rose Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
- 1946 - Timothy Dalton, British James Bond actor
- 1951 - Russell Thompkins, Jr., (The Stylistics) Singer
- 1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian long distance runner
- 1958 - Gary Oldman, actor
- 1958 - Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress
- 1959 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
- 1960 - Ayrton Senna, automobile racer, (d. 1994)
- 1961 - Lothar Matthäus, soccer player
- 1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne, actress, talk show host, publisher
- 1962 - Matthew Broderick, actor
- 1967 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
- 1975 - Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player
- 1975 - Justin Pierce, British actor (d. 2000)
- 1976 - Liza Harper, French pornographic actress
- 1977 - DJ Premier, American rapper (Gang Starr)
- 1978 - Kevin Federline, American dancer
- 1980 - Ronaldinho, Brazilian soccer player
[edit]
Deaths
- 1076 - Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
- 1306 - Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
- 1556 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, (b. 1489)
- 1795 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist, (b. 1714)
- 1843 - Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774)
- 1881 - Samuel Courtauld, textile magnate (b. 1793)
- 1884 - Ezra Abbot, American bible scholar, (b. 1819)
- 1934 - Franz Schreker, composer (b. 1878)
- 1936 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (b. 1865)
- 1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
- 1958 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, science fiction writer, (b. 1923)
- 1984 - Shauna Grant, American actress
- 1985 - Sir Michael Redgrave, actor, (b. 1908)
- 1987 - Robert Preston, actor (b. 1918)
- 1987 - Dean Paul Martin, American musician
- 1991 - Leo Fender, guitar manufacturer
- 1994 - Dack Rambo, American actor
- 1994 - Macdonald Carey, American actor
- 1997 - W. V. Awdry, inventor (b. 1911)
- 1997 - John Nemechek, American car racer
- 1999 - Ernie Wise, British comedian (b. 1925)
- 2001 - Norma Macmillan, voice actress, (b. 1921)
- 2001 - Chung Ju-young, Korean industrialist (b. 1915)
- 2002 - Herman Talmadge, American politician
- 2003 - Wolfgang Kartte, politician
- 2005 - Bobby Short, singer (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Barney Martin, American actor
[edit]
Holidays and observances
- Earth Day
- Japan: Vernal Equinox Day (public holiday)
- Namibia: Independence Day
- Benito Juárez Day, a Fiestas Patrias in Mexico
- South Africa: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Traditional date of vernal equinox, used for reckoning Easter. The real equinox usually occurs one day earlier.
- Astrology: First day of sun sign Aries
- The third day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
- New Year of Iranian Calendar: Norouz occurs on the vernal equinox
- New Year of the Bahá'í Calendar
- Bahá'í Faith: Naw-Rúz: New Year (Norouz)
- Bahá'í Faith - End of the 19-day sunrise-to-sunset fast
- Ostara - Neopagan festival of Ostara
- World Day Of Sleep - by World Health Organization
- World Poetry Day - by UNESCO
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - by United Nations
[edit]
External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/21)
- Today in History: March 21 (http://www.tnl.net/when/3/21)
March 20 - March 22 - February 21 - April 21 -- listing of all days
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
af:21 Maart ar:21 مارس ast:21 de marzu bg:21 март be:21 сакавіка ca:21 de març cs:21. březen cy:21 Mawrth da:21. marts de:21. März et:21. märts el:21 Μαρτίου es:21 de marzo eo:21-a de marto eu:Martxoaren 21 fr:21 mars fy:21 maart gl:21 de marzo ko:3월 21일 hr:21. ožujka io:21 di marto id:21 Maret is:21. mars it:21 marzo he:21 במרץ csb:21 strumiannika ku:21 Adar lt:Kovo 21 lb:21. Mäerz hu:Március 21 nl:21 maart ja:3月21日 no:21. mars nn:21. mars oc:21 de març pl:21 marca pt:21 de Março ro:21 martie ru:21 марта sa:२१ मार्च simple:March 21 sk:21. marec sl:21. marec sr:21. март fi:21. maaliskuuta sv:21 mars tl:Marso 21 tt:21. Mart vi:21 tháng 3 tr:21 Mart uk:21 березня wa:21 di måss zh:3月21日
