Page 5: Historical Events In March - 21

1920  Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37 on March - 21.   

1921  On this day in history walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC   

1921  On this day in history antony Hopkins, composer   

1921  On this day in history "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1922  KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1923  US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition on this day in history.   

1923  Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show) on this day in history.   

1924  Mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US on this day in history.   

1924  1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1925  On March - 21 john E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)   

1926  Andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta) on March - 21.   

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

1927  On March - 21 hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)   

1928  On March - 21 evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer   

1929  James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 21 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1931  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner   

1931  On March - 21 kRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland   

1931  On this day in history ivan William Hannaford, sociologist   

1932  Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) on March - 21.   

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

1933  Hitler, Guring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning & top army meet in Berlin on this day in history.   

1933  John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire on March - 21.   

1934  On this day in history fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500   

1934  On this day in history al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)   

1934  Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1935  On March - 21 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  On March - 21 alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70   

1937  On March - 21 ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade   

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on March - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

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 this day in history birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on March - 21.   

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 March - 21.   

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

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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