Today In History - March 21

1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
1421 Battle of Beauge-French beat British
1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
1610 King James I addresses English House of Commons
1681 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
1702 Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
1790 Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State
1791 Captain Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes first commissioned officer in USN
1804 French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
1835 Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
1843 Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
1851 Yosemite Valley is discovered in California
1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 people die
1859 The first Zoological Society incorporates in Philadelphia
1859 The Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh
1859 The Zoological Society of Philadelphia, first in U.S., incorporated
1860 U.S. extradition treaty with Sweden
1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill
1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
1868 The first U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City
1871 Journalist Henry M. Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
1874 U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
1885 The 2nd French government of Ferry resigns
1888 Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London
1890 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia that started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years
1899 British and French accord about West-Africa
1907 U.S. invades Honduras
1913 Flood in Ohio, kills 400 people
1914 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
1914 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott
1916 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1917 The first female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh
1918 During WW I Germany launches the Somme offensive
1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City
1922 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1923 U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses U.S.S.R. recognition
1924 The first foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City)
1924 Mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US
1925 Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
1927 Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
1931 KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
1931 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1931 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1933 Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin
1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 people
1935 Persia officially renamed Iran
1937 Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
1939 Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
1941 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1942 Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
1943 British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia
1944 General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy
1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1945 Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police
1945 The first Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, first black NFLer since 1933
1946 U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College in the Bronx
1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, Florida (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
1952 "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 94 performances
1952 31 storms cross 6 states killing 340 people in South-Central U.S.
1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend first rock and roll concert ever
1953 NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
1956 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine win
1957 Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City
1958 The first presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1959 "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances
1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70
1960 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa and outlaws ANC
1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1961 Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club
1962 A bear becomes the first creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
1962 Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control
1962 Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
1962 Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is closed
1963 David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
1964 Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1965 U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
1966 Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
1968 "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise
1968 Hill, Hawkins and Coghill's musical premieres in London
1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tome
1969 John and Yoko stage their first bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
1971 Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1980 On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
1982 "Little Johnny Jones" opens and closes at Alvin Theater New York City
1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
1982 Movie "Annie" premieres
1982 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control spelled contol), all magazines are recalled
1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame
1985 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) and 3 km (4:18.02)
1986 Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million
1988 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr.
1989 The first sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
1990 Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president
1991 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide
1991 Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
1991 U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
1992 2nd WLAF season begins
1992 Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
1993 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
1994 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter win
1994 Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History
1994 Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
1994 Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals
1995 New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295
1997 Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus)
1997 Wrestlemania XIII

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