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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st
in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
285 days remain until the end of the year. 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; it occurred on March 21 only in
2003 and 2007. The next year in which the equinox occurs on March 21 will be
2102. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
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 – On the day of
his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of
Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the
scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds,
"And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."[1] ·
1788 – A fire in
New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.[2] ·
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 near Alexandria 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 as the first 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 professional 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 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 – U.S.
President Jimmy Carter announces
a United States boycott of
the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War. ·
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. ·
2019 – The 2019
Xiangshui chemical plant explosion occurs, killing at least
47 people and injuring 640 others.[3] Births[edit]
·
927 – Emperor Taizu of
Song (d. 976) ·
1474 – Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint
(d. 1540) ·
1501 – Anne Brooke,
Baroness Cobham, English noble (d. 1558) ·
1521 – Maurice,
Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) ·
1527 – Hermann Finck, German composer and educator
(d. 1558) ·
1555 – John Leveson, English politician (d. 1615) ·
1557 – Anne
Howard, Countess of Arundel, English countess and poet (d. 1630) ·
1626 – Peter of
Saint Joseph Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary (d. 1667) ·
1672 – Stefano
Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (d. 1742)[4] ·
1685 – Johann Sebastian
Bach, German Baroque composer and musician (d. 1750)[5] ·
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 – Lajos Kassák, Hungarian poet, novelist and
painter (d. 1967) ·
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) ·
1907 – Zoltán Kemény,
Hungarian sculptor (d. 1965) ·
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) ·
1913 – Guillermo Haro, Mexican astronomer (d. 1988) ·
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) ·
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 (d. 2020) ·
1923 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and
diplomat (d. 1998) ·
1923 – Nirmala Srivastava,
Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011) ·
1923 – Rezső Nyers, Hungarian politician (d.
2018) ·
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) ·
1930 – Otis Spann, American blues pianist, singer
and composer (d. 1970) ·
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) ·
1940 – Andrea Elle, German bicyclist ·
1942 – Françoise Dorléac,
French actress (d. 1967) ·
1942 – Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and
coach (d. 2018) ·
1942 – Amina Claudine Myers,
African-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, African-American singer and
guitarist ·
1945 – Anthony
Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, English lawyer ·
1945 – Charles Greene,
American sprinter and coach ·
1945 – Rose Stone, African-American R&B singer
and keyboard player ·
1946 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh-English actor ·
1946 – Ray Dorset, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1946 – Joseph Mitsuaki
Takami, Japanese cardinal ·
1947 – George
Johnston. Scottish footballer, forward[6] ·
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 (d. 2019) ·
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 ·
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 – Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian politician and
retired military officer, 38th President of Brazil[7] ·
1955 – Bob
Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1955 – Dimitrios
Papadimoulis, Greek politician ·
1955 – Bärbel Wöckel,
East German sprinter[8] ·
1956 – Dick Beardsley, American runner ·
1956 – Guy Chadwick, German-English
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1956 – Richard H. 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 – Gary O'Reilly, English footballer, defender[9] ·
1961 – Kassie DePaiva, American actress ·
1961 – Slim Jim Phantom, American rock drummer ·
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 – Gary Walsh, English football coach
and former footballer ·
1968 – Greg Ellis,
English actor, producer, and screenwriter ·
1968 – Tolunay Kafkas, Turkish footballer and
manager ·
1968 – Scott
Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster ·
1969 – Jonah Goldberg, American journalist and
author ·
1970 – Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (d.
2000) ·
1970 – Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political
activist ·
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, defender and manager[10] ·
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 – Bamboo Mañalac,
Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1976 – Tekin Sazlog, German-Turkish footballer ·
1977 – Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer ·
1977 – Jamie Delgado, English tennis player ·
1978 – Sally Barsosio, Kenyan runner ·
1978 – Joyce Jimenez, Filipino movie and TV actress ·
1978 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (d.
2007) ·
1978 – Cristian Guzmán,
Dominican baseball player ·
1978 – Mohammad Rezaei, Iranian wrestler ·
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 – Scott Eastwood, American actor ·
1986 – Michu, Spanish footballer ·
1986 – Romanos Alyfantis,
Greek swimmer ·
1986 – Nikoleta
Kyriakopoulou, Greek pole vaulter ·
1987 – Carlos
Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball pitcher ·
1988 – Kateřina
Čechová, Czech sprinter ·
1988 – Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player ·
1988 – Eric Krüger, German sprinter ·
1988 – Michael Madl, Austrian footballer, defender[11] ·
1989 – Jordi Alba, Spanish footballer ·
1989 – Nicolás Lodeiro,
Uruguayan footballer ·
1989 – Takeru Satoh, Japanese actor ·
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 – Karolína Plíšková,
Czech tennis player ·
1993 – Jake Bidwell, English footballer ·
1993 – Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer ·
1994 – Margaret Lu, American fencer[12] ·
1997 – Martina Stoessel, Argentine actress ·
2000 – Jace Norman, American actor Deaths[edit]
·
543 or 547 – Benedict of Nursia,
Italian saint (b. 480) ·
867 – Ælla, king
of Northumbria ·
867 – Osberht,
king of Northumbria ·
1034 – Ezzo,
Count Palatine of Lotharingia (b. 955) ·
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 (b. 1489)[13] ·
1571 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and
Protestant (b. 1517) ·
1617 – Pocahontas, Algonquian Indigenous princess
(b. c. 1595) ·
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) ·
1752 – Gio Nicola Buhagiar,
Maltese painter (b. 1698)[14] ·
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)[15] ·
1843 – Guadalupe Victoria,
Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b.
1786) ·
1854 – Pedro María de Anaya,
Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)[16] ·
1863 – Edwin Vose Sumner,
American general (b. 1797) ·
1869 – Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos,
was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican
Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)[17] ·
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 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh,
President of Ireland (b. 1911)[18] ·
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) ·
1994 – Aleksandrs Laime, Latvian-born explorer (b. 1911) [19] ·
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) ·
2017 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and
producer (b. 1929) ·
2017 – Colin Dexter, English author (b. 1930) ·
2017 – Martin McGuinness,
Irish republican and deputy
First Minister of Northern Ireland (2007–2017) (b. 1950) ·
2017 – Mike Hall,
British cyclist (b. 1981)[20] ·
2019 – Victor Hochhauser CBE,
British music promoter (b. 1923)[21] ·
2019 – Gonzalo Portocarrero,
Peruvian sociologist (b. 1949)[22] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Birth of Benito
Juárez, a Fiestas Patrias
(Mexico) ·
Christian feast day: o Benedetta
Cambiagio Frassinello o Passing
of Saint Benedict (Order of Saint
Benedict) o Birillus o Thomas Cranmer (Anglicanism) o 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 (Iran, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia) ·
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) |
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