This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
03/21/1466 French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen 
03/21/1474 Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint 
03/21/1527 Hermann Finck, composer 
03/21/1609 Jan II Kazimierz, King of Poland (1648-68) 
03/21/1624 Francois Roberday, composer 
03/21/1642 Georg Schmezer, composer 
03/21/1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Matth„us-Passion)

03/21/1708 Caspar Ruetz, composer 
03/21/1713 Francis Lewis, signed Decl of Ind 
03/21/1716 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer 
03/21/1765 Henry Fagel, baron/diplomat 
03/21/1768 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist 
03/21/1779 Alexis Garaude, composer 
03/21/1806 Benito Pablo Ju rez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of M‚xico (1858-72) 
03/21/1813 James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) 
03/21/1820 Frank Mori, composer 
03/21/1836 Jesus Monasterio, composer 
03/21/1839 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] 
03/21/1863 Hugo Kaun, composer 
03/21/1866 Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer 
03/21/1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 
03/21/1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame 
03/21/1878 Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer 
03/21/1880 Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real) 
03/21/1880 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist 
03/21/1881 Hermann Sandby, composer 
03/21/1883 Jules van Nuffel, composer 
03/21/1884 George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure) 
03/21/1887 Edwin Scharff, German 'entartet' painter/sculptor 
03/21/1900 Eugenie Leontovich, Russia, actor(?) 
03/21/1900 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor 
03/21/1902 Eddie James 'Son' House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues) 
03/21/1903 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer (Exercises in Style) 
03/21/1904 Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer 
03/21/1905 Phyllis Mcginley, US, poetress (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters) 
03/21/1906 John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist 
03/21/1910 Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland) 
03/21/1913 Max Youngstein, NYC, producer (United Artists) 
03/21/1914 Paul Tortelier, composer 
03/21/1916 Harold Robbins, US, novelist (Carpetbaggers) [or 0521] 
03/21/1918 Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football

03/21/1918 Joe Carveth, NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons) 
03/21/1919 Lois Collier, SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie) 
03/21/1920 Bruno Maderna, composer 
03/21/1921 Antony Hopkins, composer 
03/21/1921 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist 
03/21/1921 Logan Ramsey, Long Beach Calif, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes) 
03/21/1923 Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show) 
03/21/1923 Philip Abbott, Lincoln Neb, actor (Arthur-The FBI) 
03/21/1924 Karl Heinz Fussl, composer 
03/21/1925 John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86) 
03/21/1925 Peter Brook, English director (1776)/TV writer 
03/21/1926 Andr‚ Delvaux, Flemish screen writer 
03/21/1927 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German FDP-minister of Foreign affairs 
03/21/1928 Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer 
03/21/1928 James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco) 
03/21/1929 James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) 
03/21/1929 Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV) 
03/21/1932 Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) 
03/21/1933 Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986) 
03/21/1934 Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie) 
03/21/1934 Lister Carney, Bellaire Oh, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1960) 
03/21/1936 Marek Stachowski, composer 
03/21/1937 Tom Flores, Fresno Calif, NFL quarterback/coach (Raiders) 
03/21/1939 Kathleen Widdoes, Wilmington Del, actress (Without a Trace) 
03/21/1939 Martha Hudson, Eastman Ga, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960) 
03/21/1941 Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut 
03/21/1942 Francoise Dorl‚ac, Paris France, actress (That Man From Rio) 
03/21/1943 Antal Dunai, Hungary, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1968) 
03/21/1944 Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff Ark, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold-1968)

03/21/1944 Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer 
03/21/1944 Jamary Oliveira, composer 
03/21/1944 Marie-Christine Barrault, Paris France, actress (Stardust Memories) 
03/21/1945 Charles E Greene, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1968) 
03/21/1945 Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People

03/21/1945 Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees) 
03/21/1946 Timothy Dalton, North Wales, actor (James Bond-Living Daylights) 
03/21/1950 Roger Hodgston, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again) 
03/21/1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing) 
03/21/1953 Carl Wolfson, Wash DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night) 
03/21/1953 Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up) 
03/21/1955 Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80) 
03/21/1955 Jean Marie Hon, SF Calif, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis) 
03/21/1956 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984) 
03/21/1957 Sabrina Le Beauf, New Orleans La, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show) 
03/21/1958 Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL) 
03/21/1958 Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace) 
03/21/1958 Marlies Gohr, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 
03/21/1960 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ) 
03/21/1960 Dale Baze, jockey 
03/21/1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love) 
03/21/1962 Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues) 
03/21/1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own) 
03/21/1963 Ronald Koeman, soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona) 
03/21/1963 Sharon June Howe Pederson, Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) 
03/21/1968 Jeff Lazaro, Waltham Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 
03/21/1968 Samantha Leah Dorman, Lakeland Fla, playmate (Sept, 1991) 
03/21/1969 Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/21/1487 Nicholas van Flu‰, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies 
03/21/1538 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Friesland, dies at about 79 
03/21/1652 Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/mayor (Brugge), dies 
03/21/1654 Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51 
03/21/1656 Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 

03/21/1734 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48 
03/21/1768 John J Mauricius, governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75

03/21/1793 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 
03/21/1801 Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 
03/21/1844 Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, politician, dies at 65 
03/21/1857 Abraham J van Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 
03/21/1894 Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80 
03/21/1916 Victor de Stuers, art collector, dies 
03/21/1920 Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies 
03/21/1921 'Big Jim' Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone 
03/21/1934 Franz Schrecker, composer, dies at 55 
03/21/1936 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer, dies at 70 
03/21/1939 Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39 
03/21/1941 Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67 
03/21/1945 J Woortman, resistance fighter (in Belsen), dies at about 39 
03/21/1952 AJ Pieters, SS-Untersturmfhrer, executed 
03/21/1952 Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed 
03/21/1954 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84 
03/21/1958 Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34 
03/21/1973 Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65 
03/21/1975 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 65 
03/21/1980 Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75 
03/21/1982 Harry Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57 
03/21/1985 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78 
03/21/1986 August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90 
03/21/1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35 
03/21/1987 Robert Preston, actor (Music Man), dies at 68 
03/21/1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies 
03/21/1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies at 78 of leukemia 
03/21/1994 Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 52 from AIDs 
03/21/1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 8

03/21/1994 MacDonald Carey, actor (Days of our Lives), dies at 81 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/21/1421 Battle of Beauge-French beat British 
03/21/1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus 
03/21/1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana 
03/21/1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans 
03/21/1791 Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN 
03/21/1804 French civil Code of Napoleon adopted 
03/21/1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses 
03/21/1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat maj (Op 130) premieres in Vienna 
03/21/1835 Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass 
03/21/1843 Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today 
03/21/1844 Origin of Bah '¡ Era-Bah '¡ calendar starts here (Bah  1, 1) 
03/21/1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in California 
03/21/1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 
03/21/1859 Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated 
03/21/1860 US extradition treaty with Sweden 
03/21/1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon

03/21/1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapides) Louisiana 
03/21/1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman 
03/21/1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes 
03/21/1868 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, founded in NYC 
03/21/1874 US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House 
03/21/1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #194 Prokne 
03/21/1890 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law 
03/21/1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia 
03/21/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #329 Svea 
03/21/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroids #365 Corduba & #366 Vincentina 
03/21/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #402 Chloe 
03/21/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #631 Philippina 
03/21/1907 US invades Honduras 
03/21/1909 Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin

03/21/1913 -26) Flood in Ohio, kills 400 
03/21/1915 J Palisa discovers asteroid #803 Picka 
03/21/1916 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indie

03/21/1918 During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive (till March 28th) 
03/21/1922 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 
03/21/1923 J Palisa discovers asteroid #996 Hilaritas 
03/21/1923 US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognization 
03/21/1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) 
03/21/1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar 
03/21/1927 Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee 
03/21/1931 KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland 
03/21/1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 
03/21/1935 Persia becomes Iran 
03/21/1937 Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade 
03/21/1937 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communi

03/21/1939 Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland 
03/21/1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon 
03/21/1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 
03/21/1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 
03/21/1943 British 8th army opens assault on Marethlinie, Tunisia 
03/21/1943 Vivian Stanshall, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band) 
03/21/1945 1st Japanese morning bomber attacks on Okinawa 
03/21/1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 
03/21/1945 Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested 
03/21/1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFler since 1933 
03/21/1946 UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 
03/21/1947 Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal 
03/21/1947 employees to have allegiance to the United States 
03/21/1948 'Stop the Music' with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 
03/21/1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 
03/21/1951 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea 
03/21/1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage 
03/21/1952 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US 
03/21/1953 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2182 Semirot 
03/21/1953 NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) 
03/21/1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasti

03/21/1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece 
03/21/1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team 'Bums' 
03/21/1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award 
03/21/1959 California wins NCAA basketball championship 
03/21/1960 Bloodbath in Sharpeville, South-Africa 
03/21/1960 South Africa kills 69 blacks in Sharpeville & outlaws ANC 
03/21/1961 Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club 
03/21/1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds 
03/21/1962 Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control 
03/21/1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed 
03/21/1964 Beatles' 'She Loves You,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 
03/21/1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0) 
03/21/1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

03/21/1965 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 
03/21/1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tom‚ 
03/21/1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono hold bed in Amsterdam Hilton, thru 31st 
03/21/1970 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship 
03/21/1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2' 
03/21/1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/21/1973 Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals 
03/21/1974 Asteroid #3708 discovered 
03/21/1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years 
03/21/1980 On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot 
03/21/1982 Bowell discovers asteroid 2660 Wasserman, 2709 Sagan & 3248 Farinell

03/21/1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 
03/21/1982 Movie 'Annie' premieres 
03/21/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3357 
03/21/1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule 
03/21/1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon

03/21/1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircrft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan 
03/21/1985 Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame 
03/21/1985 Bloodbath at Longa (Uitenhage) South-Africa 
03/21/1986 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 
03/21/1986 Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02) 
03/21/1987 PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (Ÿ17 million) 
03/21/1989 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral 
03/21/1990 'Normal Life' starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV

03/21/1990 'Sydney' starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV 
03/21/1990 Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes presiden

03/21/1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome 
03/21/1991 Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship 
03/21/1992 2nd WLAF season begins 
03/21/1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint 
03/21/1993 South Africa White Wolven kills 5 year old black girl 
03/21/1994 Schindler's List wins 66th Academy Awards 
03/21/1994 Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals 
  
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