Notable Historical Events on March 21st
March 21st Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
630 |
Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. |
717 |
Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. |
1188 |
Accession to the throne of Japan by emperor Antoku. |
1349 |
3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany |
1413 |
Henry V becomes King of England. |
1421 |
Battle of Beauge-French beat English |
1492 |
Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus |
1610 |
King James I addresses English House of Commons |
1681 |
3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London |
1702 |
Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament |
1788 |
Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana |
1788 |
Olaudah Equiano (aka Gustavus Vassa), a freed slave, petitions King George III and Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans |
1791 |
Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN |
1804 |
French civil Code of Napoleon adopted |
1821 |
First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence. |
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 |
1844 |
Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) |
1844 |
The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world. |
1857 |
Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die |
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 |
US 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 to rank of Fürst (Prince) |
1885 |
2nd French government of Ferry resigns |
1888 |
Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender" premieres in London |
1890 |
Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law |
1899 |
British & French accord over West Africa |
1907 |
US invades Honduras |
1909 |
Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin) |
1909 |
Germany sends Russia a diplomatic notes requesting recognition of the Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and cessation of support to Serbia in the controversy |
1913 |
-26] Flood in Ohio, kills 400 |
1914 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld |
1914 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott |
1916 |
JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indies |
1917 |
Loretta Walsh becomes US Navy's 1st female Petty Officer |
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 |
1925 |
The Butler Act, a Tennessee statue, is passed prohibiting the teaching of evolution |
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, Guring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning & top army meet in Berlin |
1934 |
Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 |
1934 |
Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game 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 |
1941 |
Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title |
1942 |
Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk |
1942 |
Heavy German assault on Malta |
1943 |
Assassination attempt on Hitler fails |
1943 |
Massacre of the town of Kalavryta, Greece by German Nazi troops. |
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 Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States |
1947 |
Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch |
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 |
31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US |
1952 |
Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever |
1953 |
NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) |
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 |
1964 |
UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0) |
1965 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open |
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 |
US preme 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 Tomé |
1969 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1970 |
32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 |
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. |
1971 |
Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown |
1971 |
Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic |
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 |
1973 |
Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals |
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 |
Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard |
1982 |
Movie "Annie" premieres |
1982 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament |
1983 |
Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled |
1984 |
Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings |
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 Pittsburgh 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 Theater 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 South 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 |
2nd WLAF season begins |
1992 |
Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi |
1993 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament |
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 |
1994 |
Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals |
1995 |
NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295 |
1995 |
NYC agrees to sell its 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 |
1998 |
Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland. |
1999 |
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. |
1999 |
71st Academy Awards - "Shakespeare in Love", Roberto Benigni & Gwyneth Paltrow win |
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. |
2002 |
British schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is abducted in broad daylight on her way home from Heathside School in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. |
2004 |
In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority. |
2006 |
Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Dubayy in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport join together and riot, causing $1M in damage. |
2012 |
Greek Parliament votes in favour of an international bailout deal |
2012 |
Five former Guatemalan paramilitaries are sentenced to 7,710 years in jail for their role in the Plan de Sanchez massacre in 1982 |
2013 |
12 people are killed and 30 are injured by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan |
2013 |
42 people are killed and 84 are injured by a bombing in a mosque in Damascus, Syria |
2013 |
At least 45 people drown and 60 are missing after a Nigerian boat sinks off the shore of Gabon |
2013 |
24 people are killed and 100 are injured by a tornado and hail storm in southern China |
2013 |
A barter dispute loses control and results in 10 people being killed, 20 injured, and 4 mosques being burnt to the ground in Myanmar |
2013 |
The European Space Agency reveals new data that indicates that the universe is 13.82 billion years old |
2013 |
Martin Gould defeats Ali Carter to win the snooker 2013 Championship League |
2014 |
Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemenation |
2016 |
Obama Lands in Cuba for Historic Visit |
2016 |
North Korea fires short-range projectiles into sea |
2016 |
Obama cheered in Havana at start of historic visit to Cuba |
2017 |
FBI Is Investigating Trump's Russia Ties, Comey Confirms |
2017 |
Sesame Street Introduces Julia, a Muppet With Autism |
2017 |
FBI Says Tom Brady's Missing Super Bowl Jerseys Have Been Found |
2017 |
UK to Start 'Brexit' on March 29 by Invoking Article 50 |
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