Historical Events In March - 21

1955  On March - 21 muriel Aked, dies at 67  

1956  28th Academy Awards on March - 21.  

1957  On March - 21 tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC  

1958  USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test on this day in history.  

1958  1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award on this day in history.  

1958  Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1960  In the black township of Sharpeville in Transvaal, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on a group of peaceful black demonstrators, killing sixty-nine people and wounding nearly two hundred in a hail of sub-machine gunfire on March - 21.  

1961  On this day in history beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club  

1962  On March - 21 a bear becomes the first creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds  

1962  Actor Matthew Broderick born this day on this day in history.  

1962  Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Beckers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands in favor of birth control on March - 21.  

1963  On March - 21 alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed  

1963  Alcatraz, maximum security prison on the island in San Francisco Bay, closes after 29 years on March - 21.  

1963  On this day in history the birth of Matthew Broderick, American actor  

1964  On this day in history beatles' "She Loves You", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL on March - 21.  

1965  On March - 21 uS Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact  

1966  On March - 21 supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene  

1968  On this day in history israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases  

1968  Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé on this day in history.  

1969  John & Yoko stage their first bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) on this day in history.  

1969  On March - 21 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1969  Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1970  On March - 21 marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49  

1971  Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2" on March - 21.  

1972  US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-year residency to vote on this day in history.  

1973  On March - 21 frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals  

1973  On March - 21 antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65  

1974  On this day in history attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall  

1974  On March - 21 candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies  

1975  Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years on this day in history.  

1975  Malcolm Fraser successfully challenges Bill Snedden for the leadership of Australia's Liberal Party; on March - 21.  

1975  On March - 21 berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64  

1977  In Iran a 7.0 earthquake was was centered in the Bandar Abbas area, near the Persian Gulf. The earthquake killed 167, injured 556, and caused considerable damage over an area of 550 square kilometers north of Bandar Abbas on March - 21.  

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

1474  On this day in history birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint  

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 this day in history birth of hermann Finck, composer  

1609  On this day in history birth of jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)  

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer  

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

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on March - 21.  

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

1538  Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 on this day in history.  

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.