Historical Events In March - 21

1920  On March - 21 federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37   

1921  On this day in history walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC   

1921  On March - 21 antony Hopkins, composer   

1921  On March - 21 "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1922  On this day in history kGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions   

1923  US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition on March - 21.   

1923  Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show) on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 21 mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US   

1924  1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) on March - 21.   

1924  On this day in history karl Heinz Fussl, composer   

1925  Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens on this day in history.   

1925  On March - 21 iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar   

1925  John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86) on March - 21.   

1926  On March - 21 andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta)   

1927  On this day in history guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee   

1927  On March - 21 hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)   

1928  On this day in history evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer   

1929  On March - 21 james Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death)   

1931  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1931  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner on this day in history.   

1931  KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 21 ivan William Hannaford, sociologist   

1932  On March - 21 joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)   

1933  On this day in history hitler, Göring, Prince Ruprecht, Brüning & top army meet in Berlin   

1933  On March - 21 hitler, Guring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning & top army meet in Berlin   

1933  On this day in history john Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire   

1934  On this day in history fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500   

1934  Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie) on March - 21.   

1934  On March - 21 franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55   

1935  Persia officially renamed Iran on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris   

1935  Brian Clough, soccer manager on March - 21.   

1936  On March - 21 alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70   

1937  Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade on this day in history.   

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1466  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)   

1521  On this day in history birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

1609  On March - 21 birth of jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)   

1624  Francois Roberday, composer was born on this day in history.   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on March - 21.   

1063  On March - 21 death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland   

1076  On this day in history death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on March - 21.   

1306  On this day in history death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on March - 21.   

1538  On this day in history hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  On this day in history death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66   

1617  Death of Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595) on March - 21.