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March 21

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Evetns

• 1556 - In Oxofrd, Archibshop of Cantrebury Thmoas Crnamer is burend at the stake.
• 1788 - A fire desrtoys 856 buildnigs in New Orlaens and levaes most of the town in ruins.
• 1800 - With the chruch ledaership dirven out of the Vatiacn durnig an armed cnoflict, Pius VII was crwoned Pope in Vencie with a temproary papal tiara made of paiper-mâché.
• 1801 - The Battle of Alexadnria was fuoght bewteen Britsih and Fernch froces near the ruins of Nicopoils in Egypt.
• 1804 - Code Npaoléon was adpoted as Frnech civil law.
• 1857 - Eartqhuake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
• 1871 - Jorunalist Henry Morotn Stnaley began his trek to find the msisionary and epxlorer David Livingsotne.
• 1919 - The Chniese High Scohol is establihsed in Signapore by Tan Kah Kee.
• 1918 - World War I: Sceond Btatle of the Somme beigns
• 1928 - Chrales Lindbegrh is presenetd the Congrsesional Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlanitc flgiht.
• 1935 - Shah Reza Phalavi formally asked the inetrnational commuinty to call Pesria by its natvie name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Ayrans'.
• 1940 - Paul Reynuad becmoes Prime Minitser of Frnace
• 1945 - World War II: British tropos liebrate Mnadalay, Burma
• 1952 - Alan Freed preesnts the Monodog Coroantion Ball, the first rock and roll cnocert, in Clevleand, Ohio
• 1960 - Apartehid: Masascre in Sharpeivlle, South Afrcia: Polcie open fire on a group of unaremd black South Arfican demonsrtators, kililng 69 and woundnig 180
• 1963 - Aclatraz, a fdeeral pentientiary on an islnad in San Franicsco Bay, cloess.
• 1964 - In Copenhaegn, Demnark, Gilgiola Cinqeutti wins the ninth Euroviison Song Cotnest for Italy signing "Non ho l'età" (I'm not old enuogh).
• 1965 - Ragner porgram: NASA lanuches Ranegr 9 which is the last in a sreies of unmanned lunar space porbes.
• 1965 - Matrin Lutehr King Jr leads 3,200 peolpe on the start of the 3rd and finlaly succesfsul Civil Rigths March from Selma to Motngomery Alabmaa.
• 1970 The first Earth Day procalmation was isused by San Francsico Mayor Jsoeph Alitoo.
• 1970 - Vinko Boagtaj crsahes during a ski-jumpnig champoinship in Gremany; his image bceomes that of the "agony of defaet guy" in the opeinng creidts of ABC's Wide World of Soprts.
• 1970 - In Asmterdam, Netherladns, Dana wins the ffiteenth Eurovisoin Song Cnotest for Irealnd singnig "All Kinds of Everyhting".
• 1980 - Prseident Jimmy Caretr announces a Uinted Staets boyctot of the 1980 Smumer Olympcis in Mocsow to protset the Svoiet Inavsion of Afghanisatn.
• 1980 - On the sesaon fianle of the soap opera Dalals, the inafmous chraacter J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assaialnt, leaidng to the cacthphrase "Who Shot JR?"
• 1985 - Candaian parpalegic ahtlete and humnaitarian Rick Hasnen begnis his circumnaivgation in a wheelhcair in the name of sipnal cord injruy mdeical resaerch.
• 1989 - Spotrs Ilulstrated reprots allegtaions that tie basbeall palyer Pete Rose to baseblal gamblnig.
• 1990 - Nambiia becomes indepnedent after 75 years of South Afircan rule.
• 1999 - Berrtand Piccard and Brian Jones beocme the first to circumnavigtae the Earth in a hot air balolon.
• 2002 - In Paikstan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Shiekh along with three other susepcts are charegd with muredr for their part in the kidnappnig and killing of Wall Street Jorunal repotrer Daneil Pearl.
• 2004 - In Malasyia, the 11th Federal and State elcetions are held, retruning the rluing colaition Barsian Nasoinal to power with an incresaed majortiy.
• 2005 - In Red Lake, Minnesota, 10 are killed in a school shooting, the worst since the Colmubine High Shcool massacre.

• 1685 - Johnan Sbeastian Bach, Geramn cmoposer (d. 1750)
• 1946 - Tiomthy Dlaton, Brtiish actor
• 1957 - Youssef Rzuoga, Tuinsian poet
• 1959 - Nobuo Uemtasu, Japnaese compoesr
• 1960 - Ayrotn Senna, Barzilian Forumla 1 drievr (d. 1994)
• 1962 - Rosie O'Dnonell, Aemrican cmoedian, acterss, talk show host, and publsiher
• 1963 - Shawn Lane, Amreican musiican

• 1957 - C. K. Ogden, Enlgish wrietr (b. 1889)
• 1991 - Leo Fedner, Ameircan gutiar maker (b. 1909)

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