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What happened in history on this day: March 21?
On March 21 in ...
- 1790 - Thomas Jefferson reports to President George Washington in New York as Secretary of State.
- 1791 - Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in US Navy.
- 1851 - Yosemite Valley discovered in California.
- 1859 - Zoological Society of Philadelphia, first in US, is incorporated.
- 1864 - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids), Louisiana.
- 1865 - Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1868 - First US professional women's club, Sorosis, is founded in New York City, New York.
- 1891 - A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia; it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years.
- 1898 - American Naval Court of Inquiry concludes battleship Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor by a submerged mine.
- 1907 - US invades Honduras.
- 1913 - Flood in Ohio, USA, kills 400.
- 1924 - First foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, New York City, New York).
- 1924 - Mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US.
- 1928 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the US Congressional Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1937 - Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade.
- 1946 - United Nations sets up temporary headquarters at Hunter College (Bronx).
- 1947 - US President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to swear allegiance to the United States.
- 1952 - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend first rock and roll concert ever.
- 1952 - Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths.
- 1958 - First presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award.
- 1963 - Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California closed.
- 1964 - The US Treasury announces it is now redeeming silver certificates for silver dollars at a rate of 1 million coins per day, and will exhaust its supply in two weeks.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 - US Ranger 9 launched, last American unmanned lunar space probe; will take 5,814 pictures before lunar impact.
- 1966 - US Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts' ruling that film Fanny Hill is obscene.
- 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1972 - US Supreme Court rules states can't require one-year residency to vote.
- 1980 - Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Atlantic City.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- 1984 - Soviet submarine crashes into USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier off Japan.
- 1984 - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon.
- 1989 - First sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral.
- 1991 - 27 lost at sea when two US Navy anti-submarine planes collide.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the government lacks authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug, throwing out the Clinton administration's main anti-smoking initiative.
- 2005 - Ten are killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.
- 2018 - In Austin, Texas, a bombing suspect blows himself up in his vehicle. The man is believed to be responsible for at least six bombs that killed two people.
Births on March 21
- 1901 - Birth of Carmelita Geraghty in Rushville, Indiana, USA; actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger).
- 1910 - Birth of Nick Castle in Brooklyn, New York, USA; choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland).
- 1913 - Birth of Max Youngstein in New York City, New York, USA; film producer (United Artists).
- 1918 - Birth of Howard Cosell in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; sportscaster (WABC Radio in New York, WABC-TV, Monday Night Football).
- 1919 - Birth of Lois Collier in Salley, South Carolina, USA; actress (Mary - Boston Blackie, Slave Girl).
- 1921 - Birth of Logan Ramsey in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes).
- 1923 - Birth of Mort Lindsey in Newark, New Jersey, USA; orchestra leader (The Merv Griffin Show, Judy Garland Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Philip Abbott in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; actor (Arthur Ward - The FBI).
- 1926 - Birth of Virginia Weidler in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Babes on Broadway).
- 1928 - Birth of James W Kinnear in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; CEO (Texaco).
- 1929 - Birth of James Coco in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death).
- 1930 - Birth of James Coco in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Calucci's Dept., The Dumplings, St. Elsewhere (Emmy Award), Who's The Boss?).
- 1932 - Birth of Joseph Silverstein in Detroit, Michigan, USA; violinist (Denver Symphony Orchestra).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1939 - Birth of Martha Hudson in Eastman, Georgia, USA; 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1944 - Birth of Charles Edward Greene in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1945 - Birth of Rosemary Stone in Dallas, Texas, USA; vocalist/pianist (Sly and the Family Stone - "Everyday People").
- 1948 - Birth of Nancy Addison Altman in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Jillian Coleridge Ryan - Ryan's Hope).
- 1949 - Birth of Eddie Money AKA Eddie Mahoney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer/guitarist ("Take Me Home Tonight", "Two Tickets to Paradise").
- 1953 - Birth of Carl Wolfson in Washington DC, USA; comedian (Thicke of the Night).
- 1953 - Birth of Robert "Shotgun" Johnson in Miami, Florida, USA; rock drummer (KC and the Sunshine Band - "Give it Up").
- 1954 - Birth of Mary Jane Smith in Van Nuys, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-9th-1993).
- 1955 - Birth of Jean Marie Hon in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Jane - Man From Atlantis).
- 1957 - Birth of Sabrina Le Beauf in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Sondra - Crosby Show).
- 1958 - Birth of Brad Hall in Santa Barbara, California, USA; comedian (Saturday Night Live).
- 1961 - Birth of Kassie DePaiva [Wesley] in Morganfield, Kentucky, USA; actress (Chelsea - Guiding Light, Evil Dead 2, Blair - One Life to Live).
- 1962 - Birth of Matthew Broderick in New York City, New York; actor (Inspector Gadget, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, WarGames, Biloxi Blues).
- 1963 - Birth of Sharon June Howe Pederson in Glencoe, Minnesota, USA; rocker (Vixen - "Rev It Up").
- 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).
- 1967 - Birth of Elaina Oden in Orange, California, USA; volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Jeff Lazaro in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; American hockey forward (Olympics-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Ball in Costa Mesa, California, USA; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Michele Michael; Miss Maryland-USA (1996).
Deaths on March 21
- 1863 - Edwin Vose Sumner, USA-General-Major (Fair Oaks), dies at age 66.
- 1878 - Death of James Ross Snowden in Hulmesvill, Pennsylvania, USA; US Mint Treasurer (1848-1850), US Mint Director (1853-1861).
- 1921 - "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, is murdered by Al Capone.
- 1958 - Cyril M Kornbluth, American sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at age 34.
- 1980 - Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Atlantic City.
- 1987 - Death of Robert Preston at age 68 from lung cancer in Montecito, California, USA; actor (Harold Hill - The Music Man).
- 1994 - Death of Dack Rambo at age 52 from AIDS; actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas TV show).
- 1994 - Macdonald Carey, American actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81 (born 1913).
- 2002 - Death of Tommy Hill at age 72 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country music songwriter ("Slowly", "Teddy Bear").
- 2016 - Death of Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American electronic executive (born 1936).
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