Page 5: Historical Events In March - 21

1920  On this day in history federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37   

1921  On March - 21 walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC   

1921  On March - 21 antony Hopkins, composer   

1921  On March - 21 "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1922  On this day in history kGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions   

1923  US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition on this day in history.   

1923  On March - 21 mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)   

1924  On this day in history mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US   

1924  1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) on March - 21.   

1924  On March - 21 karl Heinz Fussl, composer   

1925  Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens on this day in history.   

1925  On March - 21 iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar   

1925  On this day in history john E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)   

1926  Andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta) on this day in history.   

1927  Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee on March - 21.   

1927  Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP) on this day in history.   

1928  Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer on this day in history.   

1929  James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1931  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner on this day in history.   

1931  KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland on March - 21.   

1931  On this day in history ivan William Hannaford, sociologist   

1932  On this day in history joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)   

1933  On this day in history hitler, Göring, Prince Ruprecht, Brüning & top army meet in Berlin   

1933  Hitler, Guring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning & top army meet in Berlin on this day in history.   

1933  On March - 21 john Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire   

1934  On March - 21 fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500   

1934  Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie) on March - 21.   

1934  Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55 on March - 21.   

1935  Persia officially renamed Iran on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris   

1935  On March - 21 brian Clough, soccer manager   

1936  On this day in history alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70   

1937  On this day in history ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade   

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1466  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint was born on March - 21.   

1521  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1521  On March - 21 birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

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

1624  On this day in history birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  On this day in history birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

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

1076  On this day in history death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  On this day in history death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on March - 21.   

1538  On March - 21 hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  On March - 21 death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66   

1617  Death of Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595) on this day in history.