This Day in History
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
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Martin Luther King, Jr. begins the march from Selma to Montgomery
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Second Battle of the Somme begins
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Napoleonic Code approved in France
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Formula One champ Ayrton Senna born
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Stanley begins search for Livingstone
On this day in 1871 journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone.In the late ...
Germany begins major offensive on the Western Front
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North Vietnam rejects Johnson overture
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Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh
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Ronaldinho is born
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Carter announces Olympic boycott
On this day in 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Moscow that summer. The announceme...
Broncho Billy Anderson born
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Reward offered for identity of pamphlet author
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Famous Dallas cliffhanger airs
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Series of tornadoes hits Southeast U.S.
A storm system arising in the Gulf of Mexico spawns a devastating series of tornadoes that kills more than 350 people across the Southeast over two days. Thous...
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