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21 Mar 1188
Accession to the throne of Japan by emperor Antoku
21 Mar 1349
Between 100 and 3000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
21 Mar 1413
Henry of Monmouth Prince of Wales becomes King Henry V of England
21 Mar 1788
Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
21 Mar 1788
Olaudah Equiano (aka Gustavus Vassa) a freed slave petitions King George III and Queen Charlotte to free enslaved Africans
21 Mar 1791
Captain Hopley Yeaton becomes 1st commissioned officer in the Revenue Marine later the Revenue Cutter Service the forerunner of the modern US Coast Guard
21 Mar 1804
Napoleonic Code adopted in France stresses clearly written and accessible law
21 Mar 1821
First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra Kalavryta Greek War of Independence.
21 Mar 1824
Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4000 horses
21 Mar 1844
Origin of Bahai Era-Bahai calendar starts here (Baha 1 1)
21 Mar 1844
The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world
21 Mar 1859
Zoological Society of Philadelphia 1st in US incorporated
21 Mar 1863
Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba USS Henrick Hudson vs Confederate blokcade runner Wild Pigeon
21 Mar 1864
Battle at Hendersons Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
21 Mar 1865
Battle of Bentonville ends last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
21 Mar 1866
US Congress authorizes national soldiers homes
21 Mar 1868
1st US professional womens club Sorosis forms in NYC
21 Mar 1871
33rd Grand National Irish 1868 winner The Lamb claims second GN at 112 ridden by Tommy Pickernell
21 Mar 1872
34th Grand National John Page wins his second GN aboard 201 shot Casse Tete
21 Mar 1888
Arthur Pineros Sweet Lavender premieres in London
21 Mar 1890
Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
21 Mar 1902
64th Grand National David Read aboard 201 chance Shannon Lass wins by 3 lengths from Matthew
21 Mar 1907
US sends troops to Honduras to halt the Nicaraguan army takeover
21 Mar 1909
Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europes 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
21 Mar 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
21 Mar 1914
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott
21 Mar 1916
JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
21 Mar 1917
Loretta Walsh becomes US Navys 1st female Petty Officer
21 Mar 1918
-28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
21 Mar 1921
Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz CBS NBC ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
21 Mar 1922
KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
21 Mar 1923
US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition
21 Mar 1924
1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ NYC)
21 Mar 1924
Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
21 Mar 1925
Edinburghs Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
21 Mar 1925
Tennessee governor Austin Peay passes the Butler Act making Tennessee the 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution (repealed 1967)
21 Mar 1925
The Butler Act a Tennessee statute is enacted prohibiting the teaching of evolution
21 Mar 1927
Guomindang Army conquers Shanghai as British marines flee
21 Mar 1931
KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
21 Mar 1934
Fire destroys Hakodate Japan killing about 1500
21 Mar 1935
Jean Anouilhs Y avait un presonnier premieres in Paris
21 Mar 1937
Ponce massacre police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
21 Mar 1939
Nazi Germany demands the return of Danzig (Gdask) from Poland
21 Mar 1943
Massacre of the town of Kalavryta Greece by German Nazi troops.
21 Mar 1945
1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
21 Mar 1945
During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
21 Mar 1945
Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police
21 Mar 1946
Kenny Washington signs with Rams 1st black NFLer since 1933
21 Mar 1946
UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)
21 Mar 1947
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
21 Mar 1947
Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe NZ v England at Christchurch
21 Mar 1948
Stop the Music with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
21 Mar 1949
WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami FL (NBCCBS) begins broadcasting
21 Mar 1952
3 Wishes for Jamie opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 performances
21 Mar 1952
-22] Tornadoes in Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Mississippi Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
21 Mar 1952
Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena 25000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever
21 Mar 1953
NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
21 Mar 1953
England beats Scotland 26-8 at Twickenham London to clinch their 14th Five Nations Rugby Championship
21 Mar 1954
KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls MT (ABCCBSNBC) begins broadcasting
21 Mar 1955
Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus to join Greece
21 Mar 1955
Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team Bums
21 Mar 1958
1st presentation of West Points Sylvanus Thayer Award
21 Mar 1959
Juno closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances
21 Mar 1959
21st NCAA Mens Basketball Championship California beats W Va 71-70
21 Mar 1959
113th Grand National Michael Scudamore wins aboard 81 second favourite Oxo only 4 of 32 starters finish the race
21 Mar 1960
Sharpeville Massacre Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
21 Mar 1961
Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record (3925000)
21 Mar 1961
The Beatles first appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool
21 Mar 1962
Yogi the bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds by the US military testing ejection seats
21 Mar 1962
Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
21 Mar 1962
Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts 36
21 Mar 1963
Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed
21 Mar 1963
David Hendon & Douglas Cross musical premieres in London
21 Mar 1964
26th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship UCLA beats Duke 98-83
21 Mar 1964
Beatles single She Loves You goes 1 in the US & stays 1 for 2 weeks
21 Mar 1964
UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
21 Mar 1964
118th Grand National Willie Robinson aboard American-owned 12-year-old Team Spirit wins at odds of 181
21 Mar 1964
9th Eurovision Song Contest Gigliola Cinquetti for Italy wins singing Non ho leta in Copenhagen
21 Mar 1964
Wales draws 11-11 with France in Cardiff whilst Scotland beats England 15-6 at Murrayfield to leave the Five Nations Rugby Championship shared by Wales and Scotland on 6 competition points
21 Mar 1965
US Ranger 9 launched takes 5814 pictures before lunar impact
21 Mar 1966
US Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling that Fanny Hill is obscene
21 Mar 1968
Royals chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise
21 Mar 1968
Hill Hawkins & Coghills musical premieres in London
21 Mar 1968
Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
21 Mar 1970
32nd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
21 Mar 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 ABCs Wide World of Sports.
21 Mar 1970
1st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
21 Mar 1970
15th Eurovision Song Contest Dana for Ireland wins singing All Kinds of Everything in Amsterdam
21 Mar 1971
Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons 116 at Georgetown
21 Mar 1971
WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
21 Mar 1972
US Supreme Court rules states cant require 1-yr residency to vote
21 Mar 1974
Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in Londons Pall Mall
21 Mar 1975
Ethiopia abolishes its monarchy after 3000 years
21 Mar 1978
Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
21 Mar 1978
San Francisco passes its and the U.S. most comprehensive homosexual rights bill
21 Mar 1979
Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
21 Mar 1981
France beats England 16-12 at Twickenham London for its 7th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 3rd Grand Slam title
21 Mar 1982
Little Johnny Jones opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
21 Mar 1982
Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
21 Mar 1982
Movie Annie directed by John Huston starring Aileen Quinn Albert Finney and Carol Burnett premieres
21 Mar 1982
PGA Tournament Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Jerry Pate shoots a final round 67 to win by 2 strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant
21 Mar 1983
Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (controlcontol) all recalled
21 Mar 1984
Border scores 100 v WI Trinidad after 98 in 1st cricket innings
21 Mar 1984
NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
21 Mar 1984
Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
21 Mar 1985
Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa 19 killed
21 Mar 1986
199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
21 Mar 1986
Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (418.02)
21 Mar 1986
Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for 218 million
21 Mar 1987
PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (17 million)
21 Mar 1987
France beats Ireland 19-13 at Lansdowne Road Dublin the clinch the outright Five Nations Rugby Championship for the 8th time and 4th Grand Slam title
21 Mar 1989
1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs Cape Canaveral Florida
21 Mar 1990
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 149 performances
21 Mar 1990
Normal Life starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
21 Mar 1990
Sydney starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
21 Mar 1990
Namibia becomes independent of South Africa Sam Nujoma becomes president
21 Mar 1991
27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
21 Mar 1991
Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64500) at Tokyo Dome
21 Mar 1991
Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
21 Mar 1991
UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
21 Mar 1992
Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
21 Mar 1993
South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
21 Mar 1994
Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History
21 Mar 1994
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) enters into force after being ratified by the required number of nations
21 Mar 1995
NYC agrees to sell its 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)
21 Mar 1996
Night of the Iguana opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
21 Mar 1997
Ice Dance Championship in Lausanne Switzerland won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
21 Mar 1999
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
21 Mar 2000
NSYNC release their 4th studio album No Strings Attached ( Billboard Album of the Year)
21 Mar 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.
21 Mar 2002
Schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is abducted in broad daylight on her way home from Heathside School in Walton-on-Thames England
21 Mar 2004
In Malaysia the 11th Federal and State elections are held returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority.
21 Mar 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.
21 Mar 2009
Ireland completes a Grand Slam with a 17-15 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship
21 Mar 2012
Five former Guatemalan paramilitaries are sentenced to 7710 years in jail for their role in the Plan de Sanchez massacre in 1982
21 Mar 2012
Greek Parliament votes in favour of an international bailout deal
21 Mar 2012
Sergio Agero & Samir Nasri score to give Manchester City 2-1 win over Chelsea at City of Manchester Stadium EPL record 20th consecutive home win streak ends with 3-3 draw v Sunderland 313
21 Mar 2013
12 people are killed and 30 are injured by a car bombing in Peshawar Pakistan
21 Mar 2013
42 people are killed and 84 are injured by a bombing in a mosque in Damascus Syria
21 Mar 2013
At least 45 people drown and 60 are missing after a Nigerian boat sinks off the shore of Gabon
21 Mar 2013
24 people are killed and 100 are injured by a tornado and hail storm in southern China
21 Mar 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
21 Mar 2013
The European Space Agency reveals new data that indicates that the universe is 13.82 billion years old
21 Mar 2013
Martin Gould defeats Ali Carter to win the snooker Championship League
21 Mar 2014
Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemenation
21 Mar 2015
Ireland retains Six Nations Rugby Championship with 40-10 win over Scotland at Murrayfield England needs 26 point win over France for title but can only beat Les Bleus 55-35 at Twickenham
21 Mar 2017
Singer Wyclef Jean wrongly identified as a suspect handcuffed and detained by LA county sheriffs department
21 Mar 2018
Nigerian government confirms 101 out of 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from Dapchi returned
21 Mar 2018
English TV presenter Ant McPartlin charged with drink driving following an accident in London
21 Mar 2018
African trade deal agreed by 44 African countries in Kigali Rwanda
21 Mar 2018
Perus President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski offers his resignation amid vote-buying scandal
21 Mar 2018
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi accepts plea deal for 8 months in prison after slapping Israeli officer
21 Mar 2018
Suicide bomber kills 31 in crowd celebrating Persian New Year in Kabul Afghanistan
21 Mar 1349
Between 100 and 3000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt Germany
21 Mar 1925
Tennessee governor Austin Peay passes the Butler Act making Tennessee the 1st state to outlaw teaching the theory of evolution (repealed 1967)
21 Mar 1935
Jean Anouilhs play Y avait un prisonnier premieres in Paris
21 Mar 1948
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Patty Berg wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke ahead of Babe Zaharias and Peggy Kirk
21 Mar 1964
26th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship UCLA beats Duke 98-83 Bruins first title in first title game undefeated season (30-0)
21 Mar 1970
32nd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 Bruins 4th straight title under coach John Wooden
21 Mar 1971
Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket centuries 116 in drawn 3rd Test at Georgetown Guyana
21 Mar 2018
Dave Patterson and John Hennessy win computings Turing Award for RISC computer chips
21 Mar 1956
The Rose Tattoo wins 3 Academy awards including Anna Manini for Best Actress and Cinematography (Black & White)
21 Mar 1981
9-time World Grand Prix motor cycle champion Mike Hailwood along with his 9-year old daughter Michelle are killed when his Rover SD1 collides with a truck near their home in Tanworth-in-Arden in England
21 Mar 1999
Swiss aviator Bertrand Piccard and British aviator Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
21 Mar 2014
Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemnation
21 Mar 1945
1st Japanese kamikaze flying bombs (MXY-7 Ohka) attack Okinawa
21 Mar 1947
U.S. President Harry Truman signs executive order 9835 requiring complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States of Federal employees
21 Mar 1961
Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record sum (3925000)
21 Mar 1962
Philadelphia Phillies retire pitcher Robin Roberts 36
21 Mar 1966
American medical drama series Ben Casey starring Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe ends a five season run on ABC-TV
21 Mar 1990
Normal Life starring Max Gail Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
21 Mar 1991
Quebec Nordiques goaltender Ron Tugnutt sets NHL modern-day record for most saves in a regular season non-loss game (70 of 73 shots in 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins
21 Mar 1992
Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup cricket semi
21 Mar 1973
White House Counsel John Dean tells US President Richard Nixon There is a cancer growing on the Presidency
21 Mar 1821
Merger of the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company creating a monopoly of the fur trade in British North America [1]
21 Mar 1955
Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus advocates for Cyprus to join Greece
21 Mar 1958
Dr. Ernest Lawrence nuclear scientist and Nobel laureate receives first West Point Sylvanus Thayer Award presented to an outstanding US citizen whose service in the national interest exemplifies devotion to ideals of West Point motto Duty Honor Country
21 Mar 1973
First Met Gala held with a theme - honoring designer Balenciaga in New York
21 Mar 1993
South Africa White Wolves kill 5-year-old black girl
21 Mar 2018
Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt kills himself in chase with police in Austin Texas
21 Mar 2018
China announces greater controls over the media including merging state-run radio and television broadcasters into a single conglomerate called Voice of China
21 Mar 2019
A huge blast from a chemical factory in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park in eastern China is so big it registers as an earthquake kills 78 people and injuries 617
21 Mar 2019
Bangladeshi woman with two uteruses safely gives birth to twins 26 days after giving birth to another child
21 Mar 2019
Governor of Missouri Mike Parson declares a state of emergency as flooding from Nebraska and Iowa flows downstream into the state
21 Mar 2019
Overloaded boat sinks in the Tigris river near Mosul Iraq drowning nearly 100
21 Mar 2020
Italy records record daily death toll of 793 for COVID-19 as the worldwide death tolls surpasses 12000 with 299000 known infections (Johns Hopkins figures)
21 Mar 2021
45 crushed to death in a crowd paying respects to the late President John Magufuli at a stadium in Dar es Salaam Tanzania
21 Mar 2022
178 wildfires have burnt more than 108000 acres across southwest Texas according to local fire officials with 23 still active [1]
21 Mar 2022
China Eastern Airlines jetliner crashes in mountains in Guangxi region China with 132 people on board
21 Mar 1824
Fire at a Cairo ammunition dump kills 4000 horses
21 Mar 1863
Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba USS Henrick Hudson vs Confederate blockade runner Wild Pigeon
21 Mar 1934
Fire destroys Hakodate Japan killing about 1500
21 Mar 1978
San Francisco passes the most comprehensive homosexual rights bill in US history
21 Mar 1981
9-time World Grand Prix motorcycle champion Mike Hailwood along with his 9-year-old daughter Michelle are killed when his Rover SD1 collides with a truck near their home in Tanworth-in-Arden in England
21 Mar 2013
A barter dispute gets out of control and results in 10 people being killed 20 injured and four mosques burnt to the ground in Myanmar
21 Mar 2018
Dave Patterson and John Hennessy win the Turing Award for their work on RISC computer chips
21 Mar 2022
Ketanji Brown Jacksons Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin in Washington D.C.
21 Mar 2023
6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistans north-east near the border with Pakistan killing at least 19 and injuring over 200 people [1]
21 Mar 2023
Ugandan government passes Anti Homosexuality Bill including punishment of 10 years in prison for identifying as LGBTQ [1]
21 Mar 2024
Social media company Reddit makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange its shares rising 48% [1]
21 Mar 1188
Antoku ascends the throne as the 81st Emperor of Japan
21 Mar 1681
Third Exclusion Parliament meets in Oxford and lasts for one week the last time Parliament meets outside Westminster
21 Mar 1791
Captain Hopley Yeaton becomes the first commissioned officer in the Revenue Marine later the Revenue Cutter Service the forerunner of the modern US Coast Guard
21 Mar 1804
Napoleonic Code is adopted in France stressing clearly written and accessible law
21 Mar 1821
First revolutionary act in the Monastery of Agia Lavra Kalavryta during the Greek War of Independence
21 Mar 1925
Tennessee Governor Austin Peay passes the Butler Act making Tennessee the first state to outlaw teaching the theory of evolution (repealed in 1967)
21 Mar 1962
Yogi the bear becomes the first creature ejected at supersonic speeds by the US military during testing of ejection seats
21 Mar 1964
Beatles single She Loves You goes to 1 in the US and stays at 1 for two weeks
21 Mar 1973
First Met Gala held with a theme honoring designer Balenciaga in New York
21 Mar 1984
NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebration rule
21 Mar 1990
Normal Life starring Max Gail Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
21 Mar 1991
27 crew members are lost at sea when two US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
21 Mar 1991
UN Security Council panel lifts the food embargo on Iraq
21 Mar 2002
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others are charged with murder for the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan
21 Mar 2004
Western series Deadwood created by David Milch starring Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant premieres on HBO
21 Mar 2006
Immigrant workers building the Burj Khalifa and a new terminal at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates join together and riot causing 1 million in damage
21 Mar 2013
European Space Agency reveals new data indicating that the universe is 13.82 billion years old
21 Mar 2017
Haitian-American singer Wyclef Jean wrongly identified as a suspect handcuffed and detained by LA county sheriffs department
21 Mar 2023
5th World Baseball Classic Japan wins the international tournament for their third time with a 3-2 win over United States at LoanDepot Park in Miami Florida
21 Mar 2025
Major power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electricity substation forces Heathrow Airport London to shut down completely stopping more than 1300 flights and disrupting more than 270000 passenger journeys [1]