Historical Events In March - 21

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

1921  On March - 21 walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC  

1921  Antony Hopkins, composer on this day in history.  

1921  "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone on this day in history.  

1922  On March - 21 kGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions  

1923  US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition on this day in history.  

1923  Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show) on March - 21.  

1924  On this day in history mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US  

1924  On this day in history 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)  

1924  Karl Heinz Fussl, composer on March - 21.  

1925  On this day in history edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens  

1925  On this day in history iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar  

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

1926  Andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta) on March - 21.  

1927  Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee on March - 21.  

1927  Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP) on March - 21.  

1928  Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer on March - 21.  

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  On March - 21 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner  

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

1931  Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist on March - 21.  

1932  Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) on this day in history.  

1933  Hitler, Göring, Prince Ruprecht, Brüning & top army meet in Berlin on March - 21.  

1933  Hitler, Guring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning & top army meet in Berlin on this day in history.  

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

1934  On March - 21 fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500  

1934  On March - 21 al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)  

1934  Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history persia officially renamed Iran  

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

1935  On March - 21 brian Clough, soccer manager  

1936  Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1937  On March - 21 ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade  

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on this day in history.  

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

1521  On March - 21 birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)  

1521  On March - 21 birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)  

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer  

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 21.  

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

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

1063  On this day in history death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland  

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on March - 21.  

1181  On March - 21 death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)  

1306  On March - 21 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 March - 21 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.