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| Birthday March 21, 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach, Germany, Composer |
| Birthday March 21, 1713 Francis Lewis, signed Decl of Ind |
| Birthday March 21, 1768 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician & Egyptologist |
| Birthday March 21, 1806 Benito Juarez, pres of Mexico (1858-72) |
| Birthday March 21, 1813 James Jesse Strang, king of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) |
| Birthday March 21, 1839 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mtn.) |
| Birthday March 21, 1866 Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer |
| Birthday March 21, 1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame |
| Birthday March 21, 1882 Broncho Billy Anderson born |
| Birthday March 21, 1906 John D. Rockefeller, III, billionaire |
| Birthday March 21, 1923 Mort Lindsey, band leader |
| Birthday March 21, 1930 James Coco, Actor |
| Birthday March 21, 1934 Al Freeman Jr |
| Birthday March 21, 1939 Kathleen Widdoe |
| Birthday March 21, 1960 Formula One champ Ayrton Senna born |
| Birthday March 21, 1980 Ronaldinho is born |
| History March 21, 1678 Reward offered for identity of pamphlet author |
| History March 21, 1778 Massacre at Hancock's Bridge |
| History March 21, 1804 French civil Code of Napoleon adopted |
| History March 21, 1804 Napoleonic Code approved in France |
| History March 21, 1844 Bah '¡ New Year |
| History March 21, 1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in Cal |
| History March 21, 1860 US extradition treaty with Sweden |
| History March 21, 1863 Edwin V. Sumner dies |
| History March 21, 1907 US invades Honduras |
| History March 21, 1918 Germany begins major offensive on the Western Front |
| History March 21, 1918 During WW I Germany launchs Somme Offensive - |
| History March 21, 1918 Second Battle of the Somme begins |
| History March 21, 1932 Series of tornadoes hits Southeast U.S. |
| History March 21, 1943 Another plot to kill Hitler foiled |
| History March 21, 1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4 day raid over Germany |
| History March 21, 1946 UN set up temporary hq at Hunter College (Bronx) |
| History March 21, 1952 The Moondog Coronation Ball is history's first rock concert |
| History March 21, 1960 S African authorities kill 69 demonstrators at Sharpeville |
| History March 21, 1960 Massacre in Sharpeville |
| History March 21, 1963 Alcatraz fed pen in SF Bay closed |
| History March 21, 1963 Alcatraz closes its doors |
| History March 21, 1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery |
| History March 21, 1965 Selma to Montgomery march begins |
| History March 21, 1965 US Ranger 9 launched takes 5 -814 pictures before lunar impact |
| History March 21, 1967 North Vietnam rejects Johnson overture |
| History March 21, 1972 Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh |
| History March 21, 1980 Carter tells U.S. athletes of Olympic boycott |
| History March 21, 1980 Carter announces Olympic boycott |
| History March 21, 1980 Famous Dallas cliffhanger airs |
| History March 21, 1986 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange |