What are the important events that happened on March 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 21: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 21 is the 80th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 285 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 8, 2023 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 466,488 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 326 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,742 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 21: This Day In History
March 21st is the common date of the March equinox (although astronomically the equinox is more likely to fall on March 20 in all but the most easterly longitudes). In astrology, the day of the equinox is the first full day of the sign of Aries. It is also the traditional first day of the astrological year.
March 21 Historical Events
- 1556 –In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.
- 1788 –A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
- 1814 –Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
- 1928 –Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1945 –World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
- 1945 –World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of Drava concludes.
- 1960 –Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
- 1965 –Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
- 1989 –Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.
- 1997 –In a Tel Aviv, Israel coffee shop, a suicide bomber kills 3 and injures 49.
Who were born on March 21?
- 1876 –Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
- 1895 –Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (d. 1955)
- 1906 –Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman (d. 1967)
- 1927 –Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician
- 1943 –István Gyulai, Hungarian sports executive (d. 2006)
- 1961 –Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
- 1962 –Mark Waid, American comic book writer
- 1969 –Jonah Goldberg, American author and pundit
- 1973 –Stuart Nethercott, English footballer
- 1975 –Fabricio Oberto, Argentine basketball player
Who died on March 21?
- 1181 –Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)
- 1656 –James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (b. 1581)
- 1734 –Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
- 1751 –Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
- 1936 –Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (b. 1865)
- 1994 –Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1997 –W. V. Awdry, English children’s writer (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2005 –Bobby Short, American singer (b. 1924)
- 2011 –Loleatta Holloway, American singer (b. 1946)
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