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Historical Events
on March 21st
- Lead Story
- Stanley begins search for Livingstone,1871
- American Revolution
- Massacre at Hancock's Bridge,1778
- Automotive
- Formula One champ Ayrton Senna born,1960
- Civil War
- Edwin V. Sumner dies,1863
- Cold War
- Carter tells U.S. athletes of Olympic boycott,1980
- Crime
- Alcatraz closes its doors,1963
- Disaster
- Series of tornadoes hits Southeast U.S.,1932
- General Interest
- Napoleonic Code approved in France,1804
- Second Battle of the Somme begins,1918
- Massacre in Sharpeville,1960
- Selma to Montgomery march begins,1965
- Hollywood
- Famous Dallas cliffhanger airs,1980
- Literary
- Reward offered for identity of pamphlet author,1678
- Music
- The Moondog Coronation Ball is history's first rock concert,1952
- Old West
- "Broncho Billy" Anderson born,1882
- Presidential
- Carter announces Olympic boycott,1980
- Sports
- Ronaldinho is born,1980
- Vietnam War
- North Vietnam rejects Johnson overture,1967
- Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh,1972
- World War I
- Germany begins major offensive on the Western Front,1918
- World War II
- Another plot to kill Hitler foiled,1943
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