Historical Events In March - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 March - 21.
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 this day in history 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 The birth of Matthew Broderick, American actor on March - 21.
1964 Beatles' "She Loves You", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks on this day in history.
1965 On March - 21 martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL
1965 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact on March - 21.
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 On March - 21 portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé
1969 John & Yoko stage their first bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) on March - 21.
1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.
1969 On March - 21 gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44
1970 Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2" on March - 21.
1972 On March - 21 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 On March - 21 attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
1974 Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies on March - 21.
1975 On this day in history ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1975 On March - 21 malcolm Fraser successfully challenges Bill Snedden for the leadership of Australia's Liberal Party;
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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