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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 21
- 400th: 1624 - Birth of François Roberday composer.
- 200th: 1824 - Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses.
- 100th: 1924 - First foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, New York City, New York).
- 100th: 1924 - Mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US.
- 90th: 1934 - Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in a Philadelphia Athletics - Brooklyn Dodgers exhibition game: Walks 1, hits the next guy, third guy hits into triple-play.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Al Freeman Junior in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie, Ensign Pulver, Roots: The Next Generation).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Lister Carney in Bellaire, Ohio, USA; 200 metre runner (Olympics-silver-1960).
- 90th: 1934 - Lilyan Tashman, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at age 34.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Charles Edward Greene in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Marie-Christine Barrault in Paris, France; actress (Stardust Memories).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Mary Jane Smith in Van Nuys, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-9th-1993).
- 60th: 1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83.
- 60th: 1964 - The Beatles' "She Loves You" single goes #1 and stays #1 for two weeks.
- 60th: 1964 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Laura Allen; actress (Dirt, The 4400).
- 50th: 1974 - Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall.
- 40th: 1984 - Soviet submarine crashes into USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier off Japan.
- 40th: 1984 - Border scores 100 versus West Indies Trinidad after 98 in first cricket innings.
- 40th: 1984 - NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebrating rule.
- 40th: 1984 - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon.
- 30th: 1994 - 66th Academy Awards. Film director Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List wins seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Best Actor: Tom Hanks. Best Actress: Holly Hunter.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Dack Rambo at age 52 from AIDS; actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas TV show).
- 30th: 1994 - Novell announces it is acquiring WordPerfect Corporation for US$1.4 billion, and will acquire Quattro Pro from Borland International for US$145 million.
- 30th: 1994 - Macdonald Carey, American actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81 (born 1913).
- 30th: 1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
- 25th: 1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
- 20th: 2004 - The incumbent Barisan Nasional party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the Parliament of Malaysia.
- 20th: 2004 - Antonio Saca is elected President of El Salvador.
- 20th: 2004 - Birth of Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg.
- 10th: 2014 - Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signed a bill finalizing the annexation process.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 122nd Syriac Orthodox Patriarch (born 1933).
- 5th: 2019 - A major explosion at a chemical plant in Xiangshui, Jiangsu, China, kills at least 78 people and injures more than 600 others.
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