Historical Events In March - 21

1955  On March - 21 muriel Aked, dies at 67  

1956  28th Academy Awards on March - 21.  

1957  On this day in history tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC  

1958  USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test on March - 21.  

1958  On March - 21 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award  

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

1960  On March - 21 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.  

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

1962  On this day in history a bear becomes the first creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds  

1962  On March - 21 actor Matthew Broderick born this day.  

1962  Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Beckers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands in favor of birth control on this day in history.  

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  Beatles' "She Loves You", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks on March - 21.  

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL  

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

1966  On this day in history supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene  

1968  Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases on March - 21.  

1968  Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé on March - 21.  

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  On this day in history gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44  

1970  Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49 on March - 21.  

1971  On March - 21 vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"  

1972  On this day in history uS Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-year residency to vote  

1973  On this day in history frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals  

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

1974  Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall on this day in history.  

1974  Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies on this day in history.  

1975  Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years on March - 21.  

1975  Malcolm Fraser successfully challenges Bill Snedden for the leadership of Australia's Liberal Party; on this day in history.  

1975  Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64 on March - 21.  

1977  On this day in history 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  

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on March - 21.  

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

1527  On this day in history birth of hermann Finck, composer  

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.  

1624  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on this day in history.  

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

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on March - 21.  

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 March - 21.  

1617  On this day in history death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)