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What happened in history on this day: March 21?
On March 21 in ...
- 1909 - Moran and MacFarland (US) win Europe's first six-day bicycle race (Berlin).
- 1914 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld.
- 1914 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Norman M Scott.
- 1931 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1931 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 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.
- 1941 - Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in 13 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1947 - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand versus England at Christchurch.
- 1953 - NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston Celtics - Syracuse Nationals).
- 1955 - The Brooklyn Bulletin asks Brooklyn Dodgers' fans not to call their team "Bums".
- 1959 - 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70.
- 1961 - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for record US$3,925,000.
- 1962 - Philadelphia Phillies retires pitcher Robin Roberts' number 36.
- 1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83.
- 1964 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0).
- 1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
- 1968 - "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City American League Baseball franchise.
- 1970 - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69.
- 1971 - Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown.
- 1971 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1973 - Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1975 - Georgia Tech blanks Earklham, 41-0, setting the NCAA mark for the largest margin of victory.
- 1978 - San Diego Padres fire Al Dark (second manager ever fired during spring training).
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- 1982 - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard.
- 1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1984 - Border scores 100 versus West Indies Trinidad after 98 in first cricket innings.
- 1984 - NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebrating rule.
- 1985 - Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
- 1985 - Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame.
- 1986 - Karin Kania (German Democratic Republic) skates ladies world record 500 metre (39.52 seconds) and 3 km (4:18.02).
- 1986 - Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for US$218 million.
- 1987 - PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (17 million gulden).
- 1992 - Second WLAF season begins.
- 1992 - Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul New Zealand in exciting World Cup semi.
- 1993 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament.
- 1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
- 1997 - World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Russia).
- 1997 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (Germany).
- 1997 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA). Tara Lipinski, 14, becomes the youngest women's world figure skating champion.
- 1997 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (Canada).
- 2010 - Joe Mauer, American League Most Valuable Player in US Major League Baseball, agrees to an eight-year, US$184-million contract extension with the Minnesota Twins.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Anaheim Ducks by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Edmonton Oilers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Montreal Canadiens by score 3-2.
Births of sports figures on March 21
- 1854 - Birth of Alick A C Bannerman; cricket player (brother of Charles, Australia 1878-1893).
- 1918 - Birth of Howard Cosell in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; sportscaster (WABC Radio in New York, WABC-TV, Monday Night Football).
- 1918 - Birth of Joe Carveth; NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in three seasons).
- 1934 - Birth of Lister Carney in Bellaire, Ohio, USA; 200 metre runner (Olympics-silver-1960).
- 1937 - Birth of Tom Flores in Fresno, California, USA; NFL quarterback/coach (Oakland Raiders).
- 1938 - Birth of Grahame Thomas; cricket player (Australian batsman of the mid-1960s).
- 1939 - Birth of Martha Hudson in Eastman, Georgia, USA; 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1941 - Birth of Malcolm Francke; cricket player (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Queensland 1984).
- 1943 - Birth of Antal Dunai in Hungary; soccer player (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1944 - Birth of Charles Edward Greene in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1945 - Birth of Charles E Greene; American 100 metre sprinter (Olympics-bronze-1968).
- 1949 - Birth of Alvin Kallicharran; cricket player (wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81).
- 1954 - Birth of Mary Jane Smith in Van Nuys, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-9th-1993).
- 1955 - Birth of Barbel Wockel-Eckert in German Democratic Republic; track star (Olympics-4 gold-1976, 1980).
- 1956 - Birth of Ingrid Kristiansen in Norway; marathon runner (Olympics-4th-1984, Boston-1986, 1989).
- 1958 - Birth of Marlies Göhr, German Democratic Republic; sprinter (Olympics-gold-1976, 1980).
- 1960 - Birth of Ayrton Senna; Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champion).
- 1961 - Birth of Wei Wang in Beijing, China; US table tennis player (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Ronald Koeman; Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord).
- 1963 - Birth of Shawon Dunston in Brooklyn, New York, USA; infielder (San Francisco Giants).
- 1966 - Birth of Al Iafrate in Dearborn, Michigan, USA; NHL defenseman (San Jose Sharks).
- 1966 - Birth of Karen Lunn in Cowra, Australia; LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open).
- 1966 - Birth of Matthew Maynard; cricket player (big hitting Glamorgan and England player).
- 1967 - Birth of Elaina Oden in Orange, California, USA; volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Troy Westwood; Canadian Football League kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1968 - Birth of Erwin Vanderbroeck; Dutch soccer player (Roda JC).
- 1968 - Birth of Jeff Lazaro in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; American hockey forward (Olympics-1994).
- 1968 - Birth of Johan Garpenlov in Stockholm, Sweden; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers).
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Sander; WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores).
- 1968 - Birth of Scott Williams; NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers).
- 1971 - Birth of Hason Graham; NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Birth of Boris Mironov in Moscow, Russia; NHL defenseman (Team Russia Olympics-Silver-1998, Edmonton).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Ball in Costa Mesa, California, USA; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Frank West; Canadian Football League defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1972 - Birth of John Leach; Canadian Football League running back (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1973 - Birth of Larry Bowie; running back (Washington Redskins).
- 1975 - Birth of Vitaly Potapenko; NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers).
Deaths of sports figures on March 21
- 2013 - Death of Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete (born 1952).
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