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March 21 is the 80 th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in Leap Year s). It is also the first day of the Astrological Year . There are 285 days remaining.
March 21 is also the usual date of the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring) in the Northern Hemisphere , and the Autumnal Equinox (first day of autumn) in the Southern Hemisphere .
In Astrology , March 21 is regarded as the first full day of the sign of Aries .
Events
- 1413 - Henry V becomes King of England .
- 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 Rome 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 .
- 1821 - First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra , Kalavryta , Greek War Of Independence .
- 1857 - Earthquake in Tokyo , Japan kills over 100,000.
- 1844 - The Baha'i Calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baha'i Calendar . It is annually celebrated by members of the Baha'i Faith as the Baha'i New Year or Naw-Ruz.
- 1844 - The original date predicted by William Miller for the return of Christ.
- 1871 - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone .
- begins.
- 1919 - The Chinese High School is established in Singapore by Tan Kah Kee .
- 1928 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal Of Honor for his first trans- Atlantic flight.
- 1933 - Dachau , the first Nazi Germany Concentration Camp , is completed.
- 1935 - Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asked the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran , which means 'Land of the Aryan s'.
- 1940 - Paul Reynaud becomes Prime Minister of France .
- 1943 - Masacre of the town of Kalavryta , Greece by German Nazi troops.
- troops liberate Mandalay , Burma .
- 1952 - Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball , the first Rock And Roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio
- 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 ).
- launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned Lunar Space Probe s.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama .
- 1968 - The Israeli Defense Forces attack the village of Karameh in Jordan .
- 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 Africa n 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 Election s 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 .
Births
- 1521 - Maurice, Elector Of Saxony (d. 1553 )
- 1527 - Hermann Finck , German composer (d. 1558 )
- 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer (d. 1750 )
- 1713 - Francis Lewis , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803 )
- 1763 - Jean Paul , German writer (d. 1825 )
- 1768 - 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 , theater producer (d. 1932 )
- 1876 - John Tewksbury , American athlete (d. 1968 )
- 1880 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson , American actor (d. 1971 )
- 1895 - Zlatko Baloković , Croatian violinist (d. 1955 )
- 1901 - Karl Arnold , German politician (d. 1958 )
- 1902 - Son House , American musician (d. 1988 )
- 1904 - Forrest Mars Sr. , American candymaker (d. 1999 )
- 1906 - Jim Thompson , American designer and businessman
- 1913 - George Abecassis , English race car driver (d. 1991 )
- 1914 - Paul Tortelier , French cellist (d. 1990 )
- 1920 - Georg Ots , Estonian singer (d. 1975 )
- 1921 - Arthur Grumiaux , Belgian violinist (d. 1986 )
- 1922 - Russ Meyer , American film director and producer (d. 2004 )
- 1923 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava , Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga
- 1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher , German politician
- 1932 - Walter Gilbert , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 - Joseph Silverstein , American violinist and conductor
- 1930 - James Coco , American actor (d. 1987 )
- 1934 - Al Freeman, Jr. , American actor
- 1935 - Brian Clough , English footballer and football manager (d. 2004 )
- 1936 - Ed Broadbent , Canadian politician
- 1940 - Solomon Burke , American singer
- 1943 - Vivian Stanshall , English musician, artist, actor, writer, Bonzo Dog Band (d. 1995 )
- 1943 - István Gyulai , Hungarian General Secretary of the IAAF (d. 2006 )
- 1945 - Rose Stone , American musician ( Sly & The Family Stone )
- 1946 - Timothy Dalton , Welsh actor
- 1949 - Slavoj Žižek , Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic
- 1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen , Norwegian runner
- 1958 - Sabrina Le Beauf , American actress
- 1958 - Gary Oldman , English actor
- 1959 - Nobuo Uematsu , Japanese composer
- 1960 - Ayrton Senna , Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994 )
- 1961 - Lothar Matthäus , German footballer
- 1962 - Mark Waid , American comic book writer
- 1962 - Matthew Broderick , American actor
- 1962 - Rosie O'Donnell , American comedian, actress, talk show host, and publisher
- 1963 - Ronald Koeman , Dutch footballer and football manager
- 1967 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren , Swedish musician ( Ace Of Base )
- 1967 - Maxim Reality , British MC ( The Prodigy )
- 1975 - Justin Pierce , British actor (d. 2000 )
- 1975 - Mark Williams , Welsh snooker player
- 1975 - Fabricio Oberto , Argentine Basketball player, playing for San Antonio Spurs
- 1976 - Liza Harper , French actress
- 1978 - Kevin Federline , Dancer/Hip Hop Artist
- 1980 - Ronaldinho , Brazilian current international footballer
- 1980 - Marit Bjørgen , Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1980 - Deryck Whibley , Canadian guitarist and singer ( Sum41 )
- 1992 - Joshua Hansen , Canadian pianist
Deaths
- 1076 - Robert I, Duke Of Burgundy (b. 1011 )
- 1306 - Robert II, Duke Of Burgundy (b. 1248 )
- 1487 - Nicholas Of Flue , Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417 )
- 1556 - Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop Of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489 )
- 1617 - Pocahontas , Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. C. 1595 )
- 1656 - James Ussher , Irish Catholic archbishop (b. 1581 )
- 1676 - Henri Sauval , French historian (b. 1623 )
- 1729 - John Law , Scottish economist (b. 1671 )
- 1734 - Robert Wodrow , Scottish historian (b. 1679 )
- 1751 - Johann Heinrich Zedler , German publisher (b. 1706 )
- 1762 - Nicolas Louis De Lacaille , French astronomer (b. 1713 )
- 1772 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin , French cartographer (b. 1703 )
- 1795 - Giovanni Arduino , Italian geologist (b. 1714 )
- 1801 - Andrea Luchesi , Italian composer (b. 1741 )
- 1804 - Louis-Antoine-Henri De Bourbon-Condé, Duc D'Enghien (executed) (b. 1772 )
- 1843 - Robert Southey , English poet (b. 1774 )
- 1843 - Guadalupe Victoria , first President Of Mexico (b. 1786 )
- 1850 - Miguel Pedrorena , American settler
- 1881 - Samuel Courtauld , American-born textile magnate (b. 1793 )
- 1884 - Ezra Abbot , American bible scholar (b. 1819 )
- 1910 - Nadar , French photographer (b. 1820 )
- 1934 - Franz Schreker , Austrian composer (b. 1878 )
- 1936 - Alexander Glazunov , Russian composer (b. 1865 )
- 1951 - Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (b. 1871 )
- 1958 - Cyril M. Kornbluth , American writer (b. 1923 )
- 1984 - Shauna Grant , American actress (suicide) (b. 1963 )
- 1985 - Sir Michael Redgrave , English actor (b. 1908 )
- 1987 - Dean Paul Martin , American musician (b. 1951 )
- 1987 - Robert Preston , American actor (b. 1918 )
- 1991 - Leo Fender , American guitar manufacturer (b. 1909 )
- 1994 - Macdonald Carey , American actor (b. 1913 )
- 1994 - Dack Rambo , American actor (b. 1941 )
- 1997 - W. V. Awdry , English children's writer (b. 1911 )
- 1998 - Galina Ulanova , Russian prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1910 )
- 1999 - Ernie Wise , British comedian (b. 1925 )
- 2001 - Chung Ju-young , Korean industrialist (b. 1915 )
- 2001 - Norma Macmillan , voice actress (b. 1921 )
- 2002 - Herman Talmadge , American politician (b. 1913 )
- 2005 - Barney Martin , American actor (b. 1923 )
- 2005 - Bobby Short , American singer (b. 1924 )
Holidays and observances
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