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 81st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 285 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 8, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,710,979,200 seconds 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 ‘octacontahenagon’ day.
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 314 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 4,108 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
- 1413 –Henry V becomes King of England.
- 1804 –Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law.
- 1821 –Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta.
- 1921 –The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of War Communism.
- 1937 –Ponce Massacre: 18 people and a 7-year-old girl in Ponce, Puerto Rico, are gunned down by a police squad acting under orders of US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
- 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.
- 1946 –The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933.
- 1963 –Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
- 1968 –Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah.
- 2002 –In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Who were born on March 21?
- 1904 –Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999)
- 1913 –George Abecassis, English race car driver (d. 1991)
- 1930 –James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1960 –Benito de Leon, Filipino military officer
- 1962 –Matthew Broderick, American actor
- 1967 –Maxim Reality, British MC (The Prodigy)
- 1968 –Greg Ellis, English actor
- 1970 –Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (d. 2000)
- 1977 –Bruno Cirillo, Italian centre defender at PAOK F.C.
- 1982 –Jocie Kok, Chinese-Singaporean singer
Who died on March 21?
- 1617 –Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c.1595)
- 1751 –Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
- 1795 –Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (b. 1714)
- 1936 –Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (b. 1865)
- 1970 –Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)
- 2001 –Anthony Steel, English actor (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Drew Hayes, American writer and graphic artist (b. 1969)
- 2010 –Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director (b. 1919)
- 2011 –Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer (b. 1931)
- 2011 –Loleatta Holloway, American singer (b. 1946)
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