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Events from History on March 21

1954 : Mary Jane Smith, Van Nuys Ca, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)
1958 : Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL)
1958 : Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace)
1958 : Marlies G”hr, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1960 : Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ)
1960 : Dale Baze, jockey
1960 : Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love)
1961 : Kassie Wesley, Ky, actress (Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live)
1961 : Slim MacDonnell, Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats)
1972 : Michele Michael, Miss Maryland USA (1996)
1487 : Nicholas van Flu‰, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
1538 : Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
1556 : Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66
1652 : Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55
1654 : Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51
1656 : Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
1729 : John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57
1734 : Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
1768 : Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
1793 : Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
1801 : Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
1810 : Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies
1844 : Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65
1857 : Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64
1863 : Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66
1894 : Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80
1916 : Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72
1920 : Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37
1921 : "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1934 : Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55
1934 : Lilyan Tashman, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 34
1936 : Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
1938 : Oscar Apfel, actor (Inspiration), dies at 60
1939 : Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
1941 : Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67
1942 : Captain Mor vec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide
1945 : J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39
1952 : A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmfhrer, executed
1952 : Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
1954 : Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
1955 : Muriel Aked, dies at 67
1958 : Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
1969 : Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44
1970 : Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49
1973 : Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65
1974 : Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies
1975 : Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64
1975 : Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95
1980 : Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75
1982 : Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
1985 : Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77
1985 : Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
1986 : August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90
1987 : Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35
1987 : Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68
1989 : Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
1991 : Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies
1991 : Rajiv Gandhi, former PM of India, killed by bomb at 46
1992 : John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78
1349 : 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
1421 : Battle of Beauge-French beat British
1492 : Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
1610 : King James I addresses English House of Commons
1681 : 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
1697 : Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
1702 : Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
1788 : Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
1788 : Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
1790 : Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State
1791 : Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
1804 : French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
1824 : Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
1826 : Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
1835 : Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
1843 : Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
1844 : Origin of Bah '¡ Era-Bah '¡ calendar starts here (Bah 1, 1)
1851 : Yosemite Valley discovered in California
1857 : Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
1859 : 1st Zoological Society incorporates (Phila)
1859 : Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh
1859 : Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated
1860 : US extradition treaty with Sweden
1863 : Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
1864 : Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
1865 : Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
1866 : Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
1868 : 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC
1871 : Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
1871 : Otto von Bismarck elevated Frst
1874 : US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
1885 : 2nd French government of Ferry resigns
1888 : Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London
1890 : Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
1891 : A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia
1891 : it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years
1899 : British & French accord about West-Africa
1907 : US invades Honduras
1909 : Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
1913 : -26] Flood in Ohio, kills 400
1914 : US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
1914 : US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott
1916 : JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indies
1917 : 1st female US Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh
1918 : -28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
1921 : Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
1922 : KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1923 : US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition
1924 : 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)
1924 : Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
1925 : Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
1925 : Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
1927 : Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
1931 : KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
1931 : US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1931 : US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1933 : Hitler, G”ring, Prince Ruprecht, Brning & top army meet in Berlin
1934 : Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game
1934 : Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
1934 : Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
1935 : Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris
1935 : Persia officially renamed Iran
1937 : Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
1939 : Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
1942 : Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
1942 : Heavy German assault on Malta
1943 : Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
1943 : British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia
1944 : Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy
1945 : 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
1945 : During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1945 : Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police
1946 : Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
1946 : UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)
1947 : Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
1947 : Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal
1947 : Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
1947 : employees to have allegiance to the United States
1948 : "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
1949 : WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 : 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
1951 : Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
1952 : "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 perfs
1952 : -22] Tornadoes in Ark, Tenn, Mo, Miss, Ala & Ky cause 343 deaths
1952 : 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever
1952 : 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US
1952 : Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena,
1954 : KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 : Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
1955 : Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
1956 : 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani & Ernest Borgnine win
1957 : Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC
1958 : 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
1958 : USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1959 : "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances
1959 : 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-70
1960 : Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
1961 : Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1961 : Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
1962 : A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
1962 : Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control
1962 : Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
1962 : Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
1963 : Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
1963 : David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
1964 : 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
1964 : Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1965 : Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1965 : US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
1966 : Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
1968 : "Royals" chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise
1968 : Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
1968 : Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
1968 : Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tom‚
1969 : John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
1969 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 : 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
1971 : Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
1971 : WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 : US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
1974 : Asteroid #3708 discovered
1974 : Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
1975 : Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1978 : Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
1979 : Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1980 : On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
1982 : "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
1982 : #3248 Farinella & #5092 Manara
1982 : Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
1982 : Movie "Annie" premieres
1983 : Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
1984 : NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
1984 : Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
1984 : Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
1985 : Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
1985 : Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
1986 : 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986 : Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02)
1986 : Pittsburgh Associates buy Pitts Pirates for $218 million
1987 : PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (Ÿ17 million)
1988 : 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
1989 : 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
1990 : "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 perfs
1990 : "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
1990 : "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
1990 : Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president
1991 : 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
1991 : Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
1991 : Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
1991 : UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
1992 : Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
1993 : Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
1993 : South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
1994 : 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win
1994 : Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of Natl History
1994 : Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
1995 : NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295
1995 : NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)
1996 : "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 perfs
1997 : Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
1997 : Wrestlemania XIII

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