March 21

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March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 285 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

In astrology, the day of the equinox is the first full day of the sign of Aries. It is also the traditional first day of the astrological year. In the 21st century, the equinox usually occurs on March 19 or 20, being on March 21 only in 2003 and 2007. The next year in which the equinox occurs on March 21 is 2102.

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Events

537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius.

630 – Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem.

717 – Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.

1152 – Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.

1188 – Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.

1556 – In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.

1788 – A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.

1800 – With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.

1801 – The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt.

1804 – Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law.

1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.

1844 – The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.

1861 – Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.

1871 – Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire.

1871 – Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.

1913 – Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.

1918 – World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.

1919 – The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.

1921 – The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.

1925 – The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.

1925 – Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

1935 – Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.

1937 – Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.

1943 – Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.

1945 – World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.

1945 – World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.

1945 – World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.

1946 – The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933.

1952 – Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.

1960 – Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.

1963 – Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.

1965 – Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

1965 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

1968 – Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.

1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.

1980 – US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

1983 – The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.

1986 – Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships

1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.

1994 – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.

1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

2000 – Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.

2006 – The social media site Twitter is founded.

2009 – Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at Oakland, California.

Births

927 – Emperor Taizu of Song (d. 976)

1227 – King Charles I of Naples (d. 1285)

1425 – Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, English nobleman (d. 1445)

1474 – Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint (d. 1540)

1521 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)

1527 – Hermann Finck, German composer and educator (d. 1558)

1672 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (d. 1742)

1713 – Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (d. 1803)

1716 – Josef Seger, Bohemian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1782)

1752 – Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor (d. 1837)

1763 – Jean Paul, German journalist and author (d. 1825)

1768 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1830)

1806 – Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico (d. 1872)

1811 – Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (d. 1891)

1825 – Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier and engineer (d. 1890)

1835 – Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1876)

1839 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1881)

1854 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1924)

1857 – Alice Henry, Australian journalist and activist (d. 1943)

1859 – Daria Pratt, American golfer (d. 1938)

1865 – George Owen Squier, American general (d. 1934)

1866 – Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)

1867 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer (d. 1932)

1869 – David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player (d. 1937)

1874 – Alfred Tysoe, English runner (d. 1901)

1876 – Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)

1877 – Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot (d. 1964)

1878 – Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (d. 1944)

1880 – Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1971)

1880 – Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic (d. 1966)

1882 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (d. 1963)

1884 – George David Birkhoff, American mathematician (d. 1944)

1885 – Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (d. 1952)

1886 – Walter Dray, American pole vaulter (d. 1973)

1887 – Clarice Beckett, Australian painter (d. 1935)

1887 – M. N. Roy, Indian philosopher and politician (d. 1954)

1889 – Jock Sutherland, American football player and coach (d. 1948)

1896 – Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1959)

1897 – Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1943)

1897 – Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (d. 1987)

1899 – Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)

1901 – Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat (d. 1958)

1902 – Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)

1904 – Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1987)

1904 – Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar (d. 1999)

1904 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949)

1905 – Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet (d. 1978)

1906 – John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist (d. 1978)

1906 – Jim Thompson, American businessman (d. 1967)

1906 – André Filho, Brazilian musician and songwriter (d. 1974)

1909 – Harry Lane, English footballer (d. 1977)

1910 – Julio Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (d. 1993)

1910 – Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Bangladeshi librarian and educator (d. 1978)

1911 – Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992)

1912 – André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)

1913 – George Abecassis, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1991)

1914 – Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (d. 1990)

1916 – Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006)

1916 – Ken Wharton, English race car driver (d. 1957)

1917 – Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)

1917 – Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)

1918 – Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014)

1918 – Charles Thompson, American pianist and composer (d. 2016)

1919 – Douglas Warren, Australian bishop (d. 2013)

1920 – Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1970)

1920 – Éric Rohmer, French director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1921 – Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (d. 1986)

1921 – Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)

1922 – Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1923 – Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author, and academic

1923 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998)

1923 – Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011)

1924 – Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)

1924 – Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician (d. 2010)

1925 – Harold Ashby, American saxophonist (d. 2003)

1925 – Peter Brook, English-French director and producer

1925 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)

1926 – André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002)

1927 – Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (d. 2013)

1927 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016)

1928 – Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2015)

1929 – Maurice Catarcio, American wrestler (d. 2005)

1930 – James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)

1931 – Toyonobori, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998)

1931 – Clark L. Brundin, American-English engineer and academic

1931 – Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (d. 2013)

1931 – Al Williamson, American illustrator (d. 2010)

1932 – Walter Gilbert, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1932 – Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (d. 2015)

1933 – John Hall, English businessman

1933 – Michael Heseltine, Welsh businessman and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1934 – Al Freeman, Jr., American actor and director (d. 2012)

1935 – Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)

1936 – Ed Broadbent, Canadian pilot and politician

1936 – Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer

1937 – Ann Clwyd, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

1937 – Tom Flores, American football player and coach

1937 – Pierre-Jean Rémy, French diplomat and author (d. 2010)

1938 – Michael Foreman, English author and illustrator

1938 – Grahame Thomas, Australian cricketer

1939 – Kathleen Widdoes, American actress

1940 – Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

1942 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967)

1942 – Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach

1942 – Amina Claudine Myers, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1942 – Patcha Ramachandra Rao, India metallurgist, educator and administrator (d. 2010)

1943 – István Gyulai, Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster (d. 2006)

1943 – Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor

1943 – Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (d. 1995)

1944 – Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress

1944 – Janet Daley, American-English journalist and author

1944 – Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist

1944 – Mike Jackson, English general

1944 – David Lindley, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1944 – Gaye Adegbalola, American singer and guitarist

1945 – Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, English lawyer

1945 – Charles Greene, American sprinter and coach

1945 – Rose Stone, American R&B singer and keyboard player (Sly and the Family Stone)

1946 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh-English actor

1946 – Ray Dorset, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mungo Jerry)

1946 – Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Japanese cardinal

1948 – Scott Fahlman, American computer scientist and academic

1949 – Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach

1949 – Andy Love, Scottish-English politician

1949 – Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949 – Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, and academic

1950 – Roger Hodgson, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1950 – Ron Oden, American minister and politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs

1950 – Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1951 – Conrad Lozano, American bass player

1951 – Russell Thompkins Jr., American soul singer (The Stylistics)

1953 – Steve Furber, English computer scientist and academic

1953 – Paul Martin Lester, American photographer, author, and educator

1953 – David Wisniewski, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)

1955 – Fadi Abboud, Lebanese economist and politician

1955 – Bob Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 – Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Greek politician

1956 – Dick Beardsley, American runner

1956 – Guy Chadwick, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 – Richard Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer

1956 – Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner

1958 – Marlies Göhr, German sprinter

1958 – Brad Hall, American comedian, director, and screenwriter

1958 – Gary Oldman, English actor, filmmaker, musician and author

1959 – Sarah Jane Morris, English singer-songwriter

1959 – Yuval Rotem, Israeli diplomat

1959 – Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese keyboard player and composer

1960 – Marwan Farhat, Syrian actor and voice actor

1960 – Benito T. de Leon, Filipino general

1960 – Raivo Puusepp, Estonian architect

1960 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994)

1960 – Robert Sweet, American drummer and producer

1961 – Lothar Matthäus, German footballer and manager

1961 – Kassie DePaiva, American actress

1961 – Kim Turner, American hurdler

1962 – Matthew Broderick, American actor

1962 – Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress and screenwriter

1962 – Rosie O'Donnell, American actress, producer, and talk show host

1962 – Mark Waid, American author

1963 – Shawon Dunston, American baseball player

1963 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and manager

1963 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)

1963 – Share Pedersen, American bass player

1964 – Ieuan Evans, Welsh rugby player

1964 – Jesper Skibby, Danish cyclist

1965 – Xavier Bertrand, French businessman and politician, French Minister of Social Affairs

1965 – Thomas Frank, American author, historian and political analyst

1966 – Benito Archundia, Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist

1966 – Hauke Fuhlbrügge, German runner

1966 – Matthew Maynard, English cricketer and coach

1966 – Moa Matthis, Swedish author

1967 – Carwyn Jones, Welsh lawyer and politician, First Minister of Wales

1967 – Mirela Rupic, American costume and fashion designer

1968 – Cameron Clyne, Australian businessman

1968 – Andrew Copeland, American singer and guitarist

1968 – Greg Ellis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

1968 – Tolunay Kafkas, Turkish footballer and manager

1968 – Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter

1968 – Scott Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster

1969 – Jonah Goldberg, American journalist and author

1970 – Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (d. 2000)

1971 – Zsolt Kürtösi, Hungarian decathlete

1972 – Chris Candido, American wrestler (d. 2005)

1972 – Balázs Kiss, Hungarian hammer thrower

1972 – Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian runner

1972 – Graeme Welch, English cricketer

1973 – Ananda Lewis, American television host

1973 – Stuart Nethercott, English footballer and manager

1973 – Large Professor, American rapper and producer

1974 – Rhys Darby, New Zealand comedian and actor

1974 – Dejima Takeharu, Japanese sumo wrestler

1974 – Edsel Dope, American singer-songwriter and producer

1974 – Ted Kravitz, British presenter and Formula One pit-lane reporter

1974 – Kevin Leahy, American drummer

1974 – Conor Woodman, Irish journalist and author

1975 – Yacoub Al-Mohana, Kuwaiti director and producer

1975 – Corne Krige, South African rugby player

1975 – Fabricio Oberto, Argentinian-Italian basketball player

1975 – Vitaly Potapenko, Ukrainian basketball player and coach

1975 – Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player

1976 – Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress and singer

1976 – Tekin Sazlog, German-Turkish footballer

1977 – Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer

1977 – Jamie Delgado, English tennis player

1978 – Sally Barsosio, Kenyan runner

1978 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (d. 2007)

1978 – Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player

1978 – Bamboo Mañalac, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist

1980 – Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer

1980 – Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian skier

1980 – Lee Jin, South Korean singer and actress

1980 – Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1981 – Germano Borovicz Cardoso Schweger, Brazilian footballer

1981 – Sébastien Chavanel, French cyclist

1981 – Glenn Hall, Australian rugby league player

1981 – Jason King, Australian rugby league player

1981 – Todd Polglase, Australian rugby league player

1982 – Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player

1982 – Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopian runner

1982 – Aaron Hill, American baseball player

1982 – Colin Turkington, Northern Irish race car driver

1983 – Lucila Pascua, Spanish basketball player

1983 – Jean Ondoa, Cameroonian footballer

1984 – Tiago dos Santos Roberto, Brazilian footballer

1984 – Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer

1985 – Ryan Callahan, American ice hockey player

1985 – Adrian Peterson, American football player

1986 – Michu, Spanish footballer

1986 – Romanos Alyfantis, Greek swimmer

1986 – Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Greek pole vaulter

1987 – Carlos Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball pitcher

1988 – Lee Cattermole, English footballer

1988 – Kateřina Čechová, Czech sprinter

1988 – Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player

1988 – Eric Krüger, German sprinter

1989 – Jordi Alba, Spanish footballer

1989 – Nicolás Lodeiro, Uruguayan footballer

1990 – Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter and dancer

1990 – Ryann Krais, American runner and heptathlete

1990 – Alex Nimo, Liberian-American soccer player

1991 – Luke Chapman, English footballer

1991 – Antoine Griezmann, French footballer

1992 – Lehlogonolo Masalesa, South African footballer

1992 – Erena Mizusawa, Japanese model and actress

1992 – Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player

1993 – Jake Bidwell, English footballer

1993 – Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer

2000 – Jace Norman, American actor

Deaths

543 or 547 – Benedict of Nursia, Italian saint (b. 480)

867 – Ælla, king of Northumbria

867 – Osberht, king of Northumbria

1063 – Richeza of Lotharingia (b. 995)

1076 – Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)

1201 – Absalon, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1128)

1306 – Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)

1372 – Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden

1487 – Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss monk and saint (b. 1417)

1540 – John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)

1556 – Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop and saint (b. 1489)

1653 – Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha, Albanian politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

1656 – James Ussher, Irish archbishop (b. 1581)

1676 – Henri Sauval, French historian and author (b. 1623)

1729 – John Law, Scottish-French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1671)

1729 – Elżbieta Sieniawska politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669)

1734 – Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian and author (b. 1679)

1751 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)

1762 – Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French priest, astronomer, and academic (b. 1713)

1772 – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)

1795 – Giovanni Arduino, Italian miner and geologist (b. 1714)

1801 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)

1804 – Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)

1843 – Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)

1843 – Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)

1863 – Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)

1884 – Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)

1891 – Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)

1915 – Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)

1920 – Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)

1932 – Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)

1934 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)

1934 – Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)

1936 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)

1939 – Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)

1939 – Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)

1943 – Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)

1945 – Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)

1951 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)

1953 – Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)

1956 – Hatı Çırpan,Turkish politician (b. 1890)

1958 – Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)

1970 – Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)

1975 – Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)

1978 – Louis Cottrell, Jr., American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1911)

1980 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)

1985 – Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)

1987 – Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)

1987 – Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)

1991 – Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and politician, Mayor of Ankara (b. 1927)

1991 – Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)

1992 – John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)

1992 – Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)

1994 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)

1994 – Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (b. 1904)

1997 – Wilbert Awdry, English cleric and author, created Thomas the Tank Engine (b. 1911)

1998 – Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina (b. 1910)

1999 – Jean Guitton, French philosopher and author (b. 1905)

1999 – Ernie Wise, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)

2001 – Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)

2001 – Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920)

2002 – Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)

2003 – Shivani, Indian author (b. 1923)

2003 – Umar Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian general and politician, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)

2004 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1924)

2005 – Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (b. 1923)

2005 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)

2007 – Drew Hayes, American author and illustrator (b. 1969)

2007 – Sven O. Høiby, Norwegian hurdler and journalist (b. 1936)

2008 – Denis Cosgrove, English-American geographer and academic (b. 1948)

2008 – Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente, Chilean architect and academic (b. 1931)

2009 – Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960)

2010 – Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1919)

2011 – Loleatta Holloway, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

2011 – Gerd Klier, German footballer (b. 1944)

2011 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1931)

2011 – Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (b. 1913)

2012 – Albrecht Dietz, German economist and businessman (b. 1926)

2012 – Ron Erhardt, American football player and coach (b. 1931)

2012 – Robert Fuest, English director, screenwriter, and production designer (b. 1927)

2012 – Tonino Guerra, Italian poet and screenwriter (b. 1920)

2012 – Irving Louis Horowitz, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1929)

2012 – Yuri Razuvaev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1945)

2012 – Marina Salye, Russian geologist and politician (b. 1934)

2013 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1930)

2013 – Rick Hautala, American author and screenwriter (b. 1949)

2013 – Harlon Hill, American football player and coach (b. 1932)

2013 – Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter and politician (b. 1952)

2013 – Giancarlo Zagni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)

2014 – Qoriniasi Bale, Fijian lawyer and politician, 25th Attorney-General of Fiji (b. 1929)

2014 – Bill Boedeker, American football player and soldier (b. 1924)

2014 – Jack Fleck, American golfer (b. 1921)

2014 – Simeon Oduoye, Nigerian police officer and politician (b. 1945)

2014 – James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)

2014 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1933)

2015 – Ishaya Bakut, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Benue State (b. 1947)

2015 – Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (b. 1925)

2015 – James C. Binnicker, American sergeant (b. 1938)

2015 – Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1909)

2015 – Jørgen Ingmann, Danish singer and guitarist (Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann) (b. 1925)

2015 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (b. 1955)

Holidays and observances

Arbor Day (Portugal)

Birth of Benito Juárez, a Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)

Christian feast day:

Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello

Nicholas of Flüe

Serapion of Thmuis

Thomas Cranmer (Anglicanism)

March 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Holy Saturday can fall, while April 24 is the latest; celebrated on the Saturday before Easter (Christianity)

Harmony Day (Australia)

Human Rights Day (South Africa)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Namibia from South African mandate in 1990

International Colour Day (International)

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (International)

International Day of Forests (International), by proclamation of the United Nations General Assembly

Mother's Day (most of the Arab world)

National Tree Planting Day (Lesotho)

Newroz (Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, Iran)

Truant's Day (Poland, Faroe Islands)

Vernal Equinox related observances (see March 20)

World Down Syndrome Day (International)

World Poetry Day (International)

World Puppetry Day (International)

Youth Day (Tunisia)

References

March 21 Wikipedia

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