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What happend on 21. March in History
In our data base we found 326 events happened on 21. March:
• 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. [category: Events]
• 717: Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. [category: Events]
• 1063: Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland [category: Deaths]
• 1076: Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) [category: Deaths]
• 1152: Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. [category: Events]
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• 1181: Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) [category: Deaths]
• 1188: Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan. [category: Events]
• 1306: Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) [category: Deaths]
• 1413: Henry V becomes King of England. [category: Events]
• 1417: Saint Nicholas of Flüe, patron saint of Switzerland (d. 1487) [category: Births]
• 1474: Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540) [category: Births]
• 1487: Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) [category: Births]
• 1527: Hermann Finck, German composer (d. 1558) [category: Births]
• 1556: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489) [category: Deaths]
• 1556: In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. [category: Events]
• 1617: Pocahontas, Algonquian princess (b. c.1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (b. 1581) [category: Deaths]
• 1672: Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and opera librettist (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1676: Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623) [category: Deaths]
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• 1713: Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1716: Josef Seger, Bohemian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1729: John Law, Scottish economist (b. 1671) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679) [category: Deaths]
• 1751: Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Jean Paul (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter), German writer (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1768: Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1772: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins. [category: Events]
• 1795: Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1801: Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Sardinia (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1801: Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1804: Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé (executed) (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law. [category: Events]
• 1806: Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman and first indigenous president in the Americas (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1811: Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1814: Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. [category: Events]
• 1821: Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta. [category: Events]
• 1825: Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1835: Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1839: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1843: Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1850: Miguel Pedrorena, American settler [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1857: Alice Henry, Australian suffragist, journalist and trade unionist (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1857: An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000. [category: Events]
• 1859: Daria Pratt, American golfer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1863: Edwin Vose Sumner, American Civil War general (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: George Owen Squier, American inventor (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1867: Florenz Ziegfeld, American theater producer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1869: David Robertson, Scottish golfer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1871: Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. [category: Events]
• 1871: Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. [category: Events]
• 1876: Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1877: Maurice Farman, French motor racing champion and aircraft manufacturer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1880: Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, American actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1881: Samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (b. 1793) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician and nationalist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1882: Bascom Lamar Lunsford, American lawyer, folklorist, and folk musician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1884: Ezra Abbot, American bible scholar (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1889: John B. "Jock" Sutherland, American football coach (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1891: Jonathan Hale, Canadian film and television actor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1895: Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1901: Karl Arnold, German politician (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1902: Son House, American musician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jehane Benoît, Canadian culinary author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1904: Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1905: Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1906: Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1906: John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1910: Julio Gallo, American vintner (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1910: Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Bangladeshi intellectual (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1910: Nadar, French photographer (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, politician and playwright (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1913: George Abecassis, English race car driver (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1913: Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio. [category: Events]
• 1914: Paul Tortelier, French cellist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1915: Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai maestro (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: Frank Hardy, Australian author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1917: Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist and politician (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1918: Patrick J. Lucey, American politician [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins. [category: Events]
• 1919: The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia. [category: Events]
• 1920: Georg Ots, Estonian opera singer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1920: Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1920: Evelina Haverfield British suffragette (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and Pianist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1921: Joe Sutter, American engineer [category: Births]
• 1921: The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of War Communism. [category: Events]
• 1922: Russ Meyer, American film director and producer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1923: Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, professor, and author [category: Births]
• 1923: Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious figure (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Nizar Qabbani, Syrian diplomat, poet, and publisher (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1923: Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1924: Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1925: Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1925: Peter Brook, British stage director and producer [category: Births]
• 1925: Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. [category: Events]
• 1926: André Delvaux, Belgian film director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1927: Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician [category: Births]
• 1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. [category: Events]
• 1929: Maurice Catarcio, American professional wrestler (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1930: James Coco, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1932: Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor [category: Births]
• 1932: Walter Gilbert, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1932: Frantz Reichel, French athlete and rugby player (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Michael Heseltine, British politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed. [category: Events]
• 1934: Al Freeman, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1935: Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Aryans.' [category: Events]
• 1936: Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Mike Westbrook, British jazz composer, bandleader and pianist [category: Births]
• 1936: Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Pierre-Jean Rémy, French diplomat, novelist and essayist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1937: Tom Flores, American Football player [category: Births]
• 1937: Ponce Massacre: 18 people and a 7-year-old girl in Ponce, Puerto Rico, are gunned down by a police squad acting under orders of US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship. [category: Events]
• 1939: Kathleen Widdoes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Solomon Burke, American singer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1942: Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1942: Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1943: Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor [category: Births]
• 1943: István Gyulai, Hungarian sports executive (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1943: Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1943: Cornelia_Fort, First American Female Pilot to die for the U.S. Military (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist (Flower Travellin' Band) [category: Births]
• 1944: Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Rose Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) [category: Births]
• 1945: Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Operation Carthage – British planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed. [category: Events]
• 1946: Ray Dorset, English musician (Mungo Jerry) [category: Births]
• 1946: Timothy Dalton, British actor [category: Births]
• 1946: The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933. [category: Events]
• 1948: Scott Fahlman, American computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1949: Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist and critic [category: Births]
• 1950: Roger Hodgson, English musician (Supertramp) [category: Births]
• 1950: Ron Oden, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Conrad Lozano, American musician (Los Lobos) [category: Births]
• 1951: Russell Thompkins Jr., American singer (The Stylistics) [category: Births]
• 1951: Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. [category: Events]
• 1953: Paul Martin Lester, American educator, author, and photographer [category: Births]
• 1955: Bob Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1955: Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Fadi Abboud, Lebanese politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Guy Chadwick, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The House of Love) [category: Births]
• 1956: Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner [category: Births]
• 1958: Brad Hall, American actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1958: Gary Oldman, English actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese video game composer [category: Births]
• 1959: Sarah Jane Morris, English singer [category: Births]
• 1959: Yuval Rotem, Israeli ambassador [category: Births]
• 1960: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1960: Benito de Leon, Filipino military officer [category: Births]
• 1960: Robert Sweet, American drummer (Stryper, King James, and Blissed) [category: Births]
• 1960: Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. [category: Events]
• 1961: Lothar Matthäus, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Slim Jim Phantom (James McDonnell), American musician (Stray Cats, Phantom, Rocker & Slick, Dead Men Walking, and The Head Cat) [category: Births]
• 1962: Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Mark Waid, American comic book writer [category: Births]
• 1962: Matthew Broderick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1963: Shawn Lane, American musician (Black Oak Arkansas) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1963: Shawon Dunston, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes. [category: Events]
• 1964: Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi football player and politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist [category: Births]
• 1964: In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"). [category: Events]
• 1965: Xavier Bertrand, French politician [category: Births]
• 1965: 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. [category: Events]
• 1965: Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes. [category: Events]
• 1966: DJ Premier (Christopher Edward Martin), American record producer and DJ (Gang Starr) [category: Births]
• 1967: Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1967: Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base) [category: Births]
• 1967: Maxim Reality (Keith Andrew Palmer), English singer-songwriter (The Prodigy) [category: Births]
• 1968: Andrew Copeland, American singer and guitar (Sister Hazel) [category: Births]
• 1968: Cameron Clyne, Australian businessman [category: Births]
• 1968: Greg Ellis, English actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Jaye Davidson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Samantha Dorman, American model [category: Births]
• 1968: Scott Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Shin Seung Hun, South Korean singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah. [category: Events]
• 1969: Ali Daei, Iranian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jonah Goldberg, American author [category: Births]
• 1970: Cenk Uygur, American radio talk show host [category: Births]
• 1970: Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1970: Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Mayor of San Francisco Joseph Alioto. [category: Events]
• 1972: Chris Candido, American professional wrestler (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1973: Ananda Lewis, American model and television personality [category: Births]
• 1973: Jerry Supiran, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Large Professor (William Paul Mitchell), American hip hop artist and producer (Main Source) [category: Births]
• 1973: Stuart Nethercott, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Vanessa Branch, British-American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1973: Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish minstrel (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Edsel Dope (Brian Charles Ebejer), American singer (Dope) [category: Births]
• 1974: Jose Clayton, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Laura Allen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Rhys Darby, New Zealand comedian [category: Births]
• 1974: Candy Darling, American transgender model and actress(b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Fabricio Oberto, Argentine basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Justin Pierce, British actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1975: Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player [category: Births]
• 1975: Vitaly Potapenko, Ukrainian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Yacoub Al-Mohana, Kuwaiti film director [category: Births]
• 1975: Joe Medwick, baseball player (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Tekin Sazlog, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1978: Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Joyce Jimenez, Filipino-American actor. [category: Births]
• 1978: Kevin Federline, American dancer, actor, and rapper [category: Births]
• 1978: Nick Baines, English keyboardist (Kaiser Chiefs) [category: Births]
• 1978: Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Young Noble (Rufus Cooper III), American rapper (Outlawz) [category: Births]
• 1978: Louis Cottrell, Jr., American jazz musician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jimenez Lai, American architect [category: Births]
• 1980: Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer and guitarist (Sum41) [category: Births]
• 1980: Lee Jin, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1980: Ronaldinho Gaucho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira), Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Angelo Bruno, American mobster (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 1981: Germano Borovicz Cardozo Schweger, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Sébastien Chavanel, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Aaron Hill, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Colin Turkington, British racing driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Jocie Kwok, Chinese-Singaporean singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jean Ondoa, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Tiago dos Santos Roberto, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Shauna Grant, American pornographic actress (suicide) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Adrian Peterson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Ryan Callahan, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Miguel Pérez Cuesta, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Dean Paul Martin, American tennis player, singer, actor, and military pilot (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Walter L. Gordon, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Eric Krüger, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1988: Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Kateřina Čechová, Czech athlete [category: Births]
• 1988: Lee Cattermole, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jordi Alba, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Labrinth, English singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1989: Nicolas Lodeiro, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Rochelle Wiseman, English singer (The Saturdays and S Club 8) [category: Births]
• 1989: Takeru Satoh, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling. [category: Events]
• 1990: Mandy Capristo, German singer (Monrose) [category: Births]
• 1990: Ryann Krais, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1990: Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule. [category: Events]
• 1991: Luke Chapman, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Leo Fender, American guitar manufacturer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Kristýna Plíšková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: John Ireland, Canadian actor and director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Natalie Sleeth, American composer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Jake Bidwell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Dack Rambo, American actor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Lili Damita, French actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Diggy Simmons, American rapper (All City Chess Club) [category: Births]
• 1997: W. V. Awdry, English author (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Ernie Wise, British comedian (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jean Guitton, French philosopher, author and theologian (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. [category: Events]
• 2001: Anthony Steel, English actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Chung Ju-yung, Korean industrialist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Umar Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian politician, Fourth Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg [category: Births]
• 2004: Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Drew Hayes, American writer and graphic artist (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kevin Whitrick, British electrical engineer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sven O. Høiby, Norwegian journalist and father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente, Chilean architect (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gerd Klier, German footballer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Loleatta Holloway, American singer (The Caravans) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Pinetop Perkins, American pianist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• _: Birth of Benito Juárez, a Fiestas Patrias (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commemoration of Thomas Cranmer, Translator and Reviser of the Liturgy, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1556 (Anglicani Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Holy Saturday can fall, while April 24 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday before Easter. (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earth Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Harmony Day (Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Human Rights Day (South Africa) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Namibia from South African mandate in 1990. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day (most of the Arab World) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nicholas of Flüe [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nowrouz (lit. "New Day" in Persian) : the Persian New Year; the first day of the Persian calendar, i.e. 1st of Farvardin, is observed on the Vernal Equinox and usually coincides with March 21st, except for leap years when it coincides with March 20th. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rituals of the Salii (Ancient Rome) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Bahá, the first month in Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Truant's Day (Poland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vernal Equinox Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Down Syndrome Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Poetry Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Puppetry Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day (Tunisia) [category: Holidays and observances]