Page 5: Historical Events In March - 21

1920  On March - 21 federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37   

1921  On March - 21 walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC   

1921  On March - 21 antony Hopkins, composer   

1921  On March - 21 "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1922  On this day in history kGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions   

1923  On this day in history uS foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition   

1923  Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show) on March - 21.   

1924  On this day in history mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US   

1924  On March - 21 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)   

1924  On this day in history karl Heinz Fussl, composer   

1925  Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens on this day in history.   

1925  Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar on March - 21.   

1925  On this day in history john E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)   

1926  On this day in history andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta)   

1927  Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee on March - 21.   

1927  On this day in history hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)   

1928  Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer on this day in history.   

1929  On March - 21 james Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death)   

1931  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson on March - 21.   

1931  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner on March - 21.   

1931  KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland on this day in history.   

1931  Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist on March - 21.   

1932  Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) on this day in history.   

1933  On March - 21 hitler, Göring, Prince Ruprecht, Brüning & top army meet in Berlin   

1933  On March - 21 hitler, Guring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning & top army meet in Berlin   

1933  John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

1934  Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 on March - 21.   

1934  On March - 21 al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)   

1934  Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55 on March - 21.   

1935  On this day in history persia officially renamed Iran   

1935  Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris on March - 21.   

1935  On this day in history brian Clough, soccer manager   

1936  Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1937  Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade on this day in history.   

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1466  On March - 21 birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  On March - 21 birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

1521  On March - 21 birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)   

1521  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.   

1527  Hermann Finck, composer was born on March - 21.   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 21.   

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  On March - 21 birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on this day in history.   

1076  On this day in history death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on March - 21.   

1487  On March - 21 death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

1538  On March - 21 hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on March - 21.   

1617  Death of Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595) on March - 21.