Page 5: 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 March - 21.   

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

1923  On this day in history uS foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition   

1923  On this day in history mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)   

1924  Mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US on this day in history.   

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 March - 21 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 this day in history.   

1926  Andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta) on this day in history.   

1927  On March - 21 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  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson on March - 21.   

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

1931  On this day in history kRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland   

1931  Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1933  John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire on March - 21.   

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

1934  On this day in history al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)   

1934  Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55 on March - 21.   

1935  On this day in history persia officially renamed Iran   

1935  Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris on March - 21.   

1935  Brian Clough, soccer manager on this day in history.   

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

1937  On this day in history ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade   

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1466  On March - 21 birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  On March - 21 birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

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

1521  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  On March - 21 birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

1063  On March - 21 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

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

1556  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on this day in history.   

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