What Happened on Mar 21
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A Treaty To Provide Joint Mexican And American Protection For The Sloo Grant Is Signed
On March 21, 1853, a treaty, initiated in the Fillmore administration, that would provide joint Mexican and American protection for the Sloo grant... Read more
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Kansas-Nebraska Act Debated in the House of Representatives
The bill next moved to the House of Representatives. On March 21, 1854, as a delaying tactic, the legislation was referred by a vote of 110 to 95... Read more
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The Kansas-Nebraska Bill Moves To The House Of Representatives
The bill next moved to the House of Representatives. On March 21, 1854, as a delaying tactic, the legislation was referred by a vote of 110 to 95... Read more
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Alexander Stephens Delivers the Cornerstone Speech
The Cornerstone Speech was delivered by Confederate Vice President, Alexander Stephens extemporaneously in Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861. The... Read more
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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Is Born
Legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., impresario behind what became known as the Ziegfeld Follies, was born on March 21, 1869 (possibly 1867),... Read more
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Battle of Picardy
On March 21st, 1918, Germany opened the great engagement which will probably prove to be the decisive battle of the war. This designation has... Read more
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Operation Michael
Operation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the... Read more
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Australian National Airways Southern Cloud Crashes into Snowy Moutains, Killing 8
On 21 March 1931, the Southern Cloud departed at 8:10 AM from Sydney for Melbourne. Onboard were six passengers and two crewmembers, including... Read more
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A March Is Organized In The Southern City Of Ponce By The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Natural disasters, including a major earthquake, a tsunami and several hurricanes, and the Great Depression impoverished the island during the... Read more
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Operation Bowler
By early 1945 northern Italy's rail and road network had undergone severe damage, forcing the Germans to resort to shipping goods into Venice and... Read more
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28th Academy Awards
The 28th Academy Awards were presented at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Marty, a simple and low-budget film usually... Read more
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California Beats West Virginia in Final Four
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Sharpeville Massacre
The Sharpeville Massacre, also known as the Sharpeville shootings, occurred on 21 March 1960, when South African police began shooting on a crowd... Read more
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"The Cranes Are Flying" Is Released
The Cranes are Flying (Russian: Летят Журавли, translit. Letyat Zhuravli) is a Soviet film about World War II. It depicts the cruelty of war and... Read more
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UCLA Beats Duke in Final Four
The 1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Leads Third March from Selma, Successfully Reaching Montgomery
The five-day, four-night march began on March 21, and covered a 54-mile (87 km) route along U.S. Route 80 (in Alabama known as the "Jefferson Davis... Read more
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Battle of Karameh
The Battle of Karameh was fought on March 21, 1968 in the Jordanian town of Karameh between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a combined force of... Read more
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Columbia University Protests Begin
The Columbia University protests of 1968 were among the many student demonstrations that occurred around the world in that year. The Columbia... Read more
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Pink Floyd releases The Final Cut
The Final Cut is a concept album written by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd and recorded at studios around the United Kingdom from July to... Read more
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U2 releases "With or Without You" single
"With or Without You" is the lead single from U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. It has since become highly-acclaimed as one of the band's most... Read more
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Madonna Releases Like a Prayer
"Like a Prayer" incorporates rock, dance, pop, soul, and funk elements. Rolling Stone magazine hailed it "as close to art as pop music gets".... Read more
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66th Academy Awards
The 66th Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1994 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was landmark in that it featured a... Read more
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Yes release Talk
Talk is the fifteenth studio album by progressive rock band Yes and was released in 1994. Their first release with an independent label after... Read more
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Death releases Symbolic
Symbolic is the sixth album by American death metal band Death. The album was released on March 21, 1995 through Roadrunner Records. The album was... Read more
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Steve Vai Releases "Alien Love Secrets"
Alien Love Secrets is an EP made by Steve Vai in 1995. It was written as a stripped-down guitar, bass and drums record with minimal keyboards.... Read more