Page 5: Historical Events In March - 21

1920  On this day in history federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37   

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  "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone on March - 21.   

1922  On March - 21 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 this day in history.   

1924  On March - 21 mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US   

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

1924  On this day in history karl Heinz Fussl, composer   

1925  On March - 21 edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens   

1925  On March - 21 iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar   

1925  John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86) on this day in history.   

1926  Andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta) on this day in history.   

1927  On March - 21 guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee   

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 this day in history 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  On March - 21 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner   

1931  On this day in history kRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland   

1931  On March - 21 ivan William Hannaford, sociologist   

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  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  Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie) on March - 21.   

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

1935  On March - 21 persia officially renamed Iran   

1935  On March - 21 jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris   

1935  On this day in history brian Clough, soccer manager   

1936  On this day in history alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70   

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

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on this day in history.   

1474  Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint was born on March - 21.   

1521  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on March - 21.   

1521  On this day in history birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

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  On March - 21 birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

1063  On March - 21 death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland   

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

1181  On this day in history death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

1306  On this day in history death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

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

1538  Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 on March - 21.   

1556  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on this day in history.   

1617  On March - 21 death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)