March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwood https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/t3086 Runboard| March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwood en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:52:33 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:52:33 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwoodhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p83902,from=rss#post83902https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p83902,from=rss#post83902In 1980 - On TV show "Dallas", J.R. is shotnondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:39:01 +0000 Re: March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwoodhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p81063,from=rss#post81063https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p81063,from=rss#post81063In 1989 - Dick Clark announced that he would no longer be hosting the show "American Bandstand." He had been the host for 33 years.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:26:29 +0000 Re: March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwoodhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p77928,from=rss#post77928https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p77928,from=rss#post779281685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. Today's Birthdays — Thursday, March 21, 2019: Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 80. Songwriter Chip Taylor ("Wild Thing") is 79. Folk-pop singer-musician Keith Potger (The Seekers) is 78. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 75. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 74. Actor Timothy Dalton is 73. Singer Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) is 73. Singer Eddie Money is 70. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 69. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. is 68. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 61. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 61. Actor Gary Oldman is 61. Actress Kassie Depaiva is 58. Actor Matthew Broderick is 57. Comedian-actress Rosie O'Donnell is 57. Actress Cynthia Geary is 54. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 52. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 52. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 51. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 50. Actress Laura Allen is 45. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 41. Actress Sonequa Martin-Green (TV: "The Walking Dead") is 34. Actor Scott Eastwood is 33. Actress Jasmin Savoy Brown is 25. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 15.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:41:14 +0000 Re: March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwoodhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p73624,from=rss#post73624https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p73624,from=rss#post73624Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2018. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1918, during World War I, Germany launched its Spring Offensive on the Western Front, hoping to break through the Allied lines before American reinforcements could arrive. (Although successful at first, the Spring Offensive ultimately failed.) Ten years ago: Officials admitted that at least four State Department workers had pried into the supposedly secure passport files of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain, prompting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to personally apologize to the presidential contenders. Five years ago: On his second day in the Middle East, President Barack Obama insisted "peace is possible" as he prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if any, pre-conditions, softening his earlier demands that Israel stop building settlements in disputed territory. One year ago: U.S. and British officials announced they were barring laptops and tablets from the cabins of some international flights because of longstanding concerns about terrorists targeting jetliners. Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who led his underground, paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain, and was Northern Ireland's deputy first minister for a decade in a power-sharing government, died in Londonderry at age 66. Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included "The Dating Game," ''The Newlywed Game" and "The Gong Show," died at his home in Palisades, N.Y., at age 87. Today's Birthdays — March 21: Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 79. Songwriter Chip Taylor ("Wild Thing") is 78. Folk-pop singer-musician Keith Potger (The Seekers) is 77. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 74. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 73. Actor Timothy Dalton is 72. Singer Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) is 72. Singer Eddie Money is 69. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 68. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. is 67. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 60. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 60. Actor Gary Oldman is 60. Actress Kassie Depaiva is 57. Actor Matthew Broderick is 56. Comedian-actress Rosie O'Donnell is 56. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 51. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 51. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 50. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 49. Actress Laura Allen is 44. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 40. Actress Sonequa Martin-Green (TV: "The Walking Dead") is 33. Actor Scott Eastwood is 32. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 14.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:38:03 +0000 Re: March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwoodhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p69490,from=rss#post69490https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p69490,from=rss#post69490Today is Tuesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2017. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1952, the Moondog Coronation Ball, considered the first rock and roll concert, took place at Cleveland Arena. Ten years ago: Former Vice President Al Gore made an emotional return to Congress as he pleaded with House and Senate committees to fight global warming; skeptical Republicans questioned the science behind his climate-change documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Five years ago: A previously divided U.N. Security Council sent a strong and united message to the Syrian government and opposition to immediately implement proposals by international envoy Kofi Annan to end Syria's yearlong bloodshed. Meting out unprecedented punishment for a bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton without pay for the coming season and indefinitely banned the team's former defensive coordinator; in addition to other sanctions, Commissioner Roger Goodell fined the Saints $500,000 and took away their second-round draft picks for the current year and the next. One year ago: Laying bare a half-century of tensions, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro prodded each other over human rights and the longstanding U.S. economic embargo during an unprecedented joint news conference in Havana. A former U.S. State Department employee who had used his government-issued computer to prey on vulnerable young women and manipulate them into sharing nude photos was sentenced in Atlanta to five years in federal prison. Today's Birthdays — March 21: Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 78. Songwriter Chip Taylor ("Wild Thing") is 77. Folk-pop singer/musician Keith Potger (The Seekers) is 76. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 73. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 72. Actor Timothy Dalton is 71. Singer Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) is 71.Singer Eddie Money is 68. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 67. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 66. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 59. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 59. Actor Gary Oldman is 59. Actress Kassie Depaiva ("Days of Our Lives") is 56. Actor Matthew Broderick is 55. Comedian-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 55. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 50. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 50. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 49. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 48. Actress Laura Allen is 43. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 39. Actor Scott Eastwood is 31. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 13.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:41:45 +0000 Re: March 21sthttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p64875,from=rss#post64875https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p64875,from=rss#post64875Today is Monday, March 21, the 81st day of 2016. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1946, the recently created United Nations Security Council set up temporary headquarters at Hunter College in The Bronx, N.Y. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush predicted American forces would remain in Iraq for years and that it would be up to a future president to decide when to bring them all home. But defying critics and plunging polls, Bush declared, "I'm optimistic we'll succeed." Sgt. Michael J. Smith, an Army dog handler at Abu Ghraib, was convicted at Fort Meade, Md., of abusing prisoners. (Smith was sentenced the next day to 179 days in prison.) The social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first "tweet" by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who wrote: "just setting up my twttr." Five years ago: Syrians chanting "No more fear!" held a defiant march after a deadly government crackdown failed to quash three days of mass protests in the southern city of Deraa. Grammy-winning bluesman Pinetop Perkins died in Austin, Texas, at 97. Mayhew "Bo" Foster, a World War II U.S. Army pilot who transported Nazi official Hermann Goering for interrogation in an unarmed, unescorted plane, died in Missoula, Mont., at age 99. One year ago: President Barack Obama, in an interview with The Huffington Post, said he took Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "at his word" for saying an independent Palestinian state would never co-exist with Israel as long as he was in office, yet another sign of the strained relations between longtime allies. A super tide turned France's famed Mount Saint-Michel into an island and then retreated out of sight, delighting thousands of visitors who had come to see the rare phenomenon. In Meribel, France, Marcel Hirscher of Austria became the first skier to win the men's World Cup overall title for a fourth straight year. Today's Birthdays: Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 77. Folk-pop singer/musician Keith Potger (The Seekers) is 75. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 72. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 71. Actor Timothy Dalton is 70. Singer Eddie Money is 67. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 66. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 65. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 58. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 58. Actor Gary Oldman is 58. Actor Matthew Broderick is 54. Comedian-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 54. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 49. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 49. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 48. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 47. Actress Laura Allen is 42. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 38. Actor Scott Eastwood is 30. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 12.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:22:23 +0000 Re: March 21sthttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p59793,from=rss#post59793https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p59793,from=rss#post59793Today is Saturday, March 21, the 80th day of 2015. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On March 21, 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third, successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. NASA launched Ranger 9, the last of the Ranger series of spacecraft sent to explore the moon. Ten years ago: A high school student on the Red Lake Indian reservation in Minnesota killed five schoolmates, a teacher and an unarmed guard before taking his own life; Jeff Weise (wees) had earlier killed his grandfather and his grandfather's companion. Armed with a new law rushed through Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube re-inserted. (The judge ended up refusing.) Ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist returned to the Supreme Court bench to hear arguments despite his thyroid cancer. Cabaret singer Bobby Short died in New York City at age 80. Character actor Barney Martin, perhaps best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's father, died in Studio City, Calif., at age 82. Five years ago: Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, thousands of immigrant rights supporters descended on the nation's capital, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish. France's long-flailing political left made a big comeback, crushing President Nicolas Sarkozy's (sahr-koh-ZEEZ') conservatives in regional elections. One year ago: A federal judge ruled that Michigan's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, striking down a law widely embraced by voters a decade earlier. (More than 300 same-sex couples in four Michigan counties wed the next day before an appeals court suspended the decision; two Detroit-area nurses are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the marriage ban.) Character actor James Rebhorn, 65, died in South Orange, N.J. Today's Birthdays: Violinist-conductor Joseph Silverstein is 83. Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 76. Folk-pop singer/musician Keith Potger (The Seekers) is 74. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 71. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 70. Actor Timothy Dalton is 69. Singer Eddie Money is 66. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 65. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 64. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 64. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 57. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 57. Actor Gary Oldman is 57. Actor Matthew Broderick is 53. Comedian-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 53. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 48. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 48. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 47. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 46. Actress Laura Allen is 41. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 37. Actor Forrest Wheeler (TV: "Fresh Off the Boat") is 11.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:03:56 +0000 Re: March 21sthttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p53482,from=rss#post53482https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p53482,from=rss#post53482Today is Friday, March 21, the 80th day of 2014. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. Ten years ago: The White House disputed assertions by President George W. Bush's former counterterrorism coordinator, Richard A. Clarke, that the administration had failed to recognize the risk of an attack by al-Qaida in the months leading up to 9/11. (Clarke's assertions were contained in a new book, "Against All Enemies," that went on sale the next day.) Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid won the prestigious 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming the first woman to receive the profession's highest honor. Five years ago: In Oakland, Calif., parolee Lovelle Mixon shot and killed two motorcycle officers, then killed two SWAT team members while holed up in an apartment before he was killed by law enforcement. A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits to the lavish Connecticut homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by the struggling insurance company after it had received a massive federal bailout. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (hah-meh-neh-EE') dismissed overtures from President Barack Obama, saying Tehran did not see any change in U.S. policy under its new administration. One year ago: On his second day in the Middle East, President Barack Obama insisted "peace is possible" as he prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if any, pre-conditions. Today's Birthdays: Violinist-conductor Joseph Silverstein is 82. Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 75. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 70. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 69. Actor Timothy Dalton is 68. Singer Eddie Money is 65. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 64. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 63. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 56. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 56. Actor Gary Oldman is 56. Actor Matthew Broderick is 52. Comedian-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 52. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 47. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 47. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 46. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 45. Actress Laura Allen is 40. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 36.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:11:56 +0000 Re: March 21sthttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p46932,from=rss#post46932https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p46932,from=rss#post46932Today is Thursday, March 21, the 80th day of 2013. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1963, the Alcatraz federal prison island in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates and closed at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. One year ago: A previously divided U.N. Security Council sent a strong and united message to the Syrian government and opposition to immediately implement proposals by international envoy Kofi Annan to end Syria's yearlong bloodshed. Meting out unprecedented punishment for a bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton without pay for the coming season and indefinitely banned the team's former defensive coordinator; in addition to other sanctions, Commissioner Roger Goodell fined the Saints $500,000 and took away their second-round draft picks for the current year and the next. Today's Birthdays: Violinist-conductor Joseph Silverstein is 81. Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 74. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 69. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 68. Actor Timothy Dalton is 67. Singer Eddie Money is 64. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 63. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 62. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 62. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 55. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 55. Actor Gary Oldman is 55. Actor Matthew Broderick is 51. Comedian-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 51. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 46. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 46. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 45. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 44. Actress Laura Allen is 39. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 35.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:04:20 +0000 Re: March 21sthttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41102,from=rss#post41102https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41102,from=rss#post41102Today's Birthdays: Actor Al Freeman Jr. is 81. Violinist-conductor Joseph Silverstein is 80. Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 73. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 68. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 67. Actor Timothy Dalton is 66. Singer Eddie Money is 63. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 62. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 61. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 61. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 54. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 54. Actor Gary Oldman is 54. Actor Matthew Broderick is 50. Comedian-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 50. Rock musician Jonas "Joker" Berggren (Ace of Base) is 45. Rock MC Maxim (Prodigy) is 45. Rock musician Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel) is 44. Hip-hop DJ Premier (Gang Starr) is 43. Actress Laura Allen is 38. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 34. Other notable birthdays, March 21: 1937, Tom Flores, American football player and head coach 1946, Ray Dorset, English musician (Mungo Jerry) 1963, Shawon Dunston, American baseball player 1968, Jaye Davidson, American actor 1968, Scott Williams, American basketball player 1969, Jonah Goldberg, American author and pundit 1970, Cenk Uygur, American radio talk show host 1973, Vanessa Branch, British-American actress and model 1980, Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41) 1982, Aaron Hill, American baseball player 1985, Adrian Peterson, American football player Born on this day, March 21, passed away: 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750) 1713, Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803) 1806, Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman (d. 1872) 1867, Florenz Ziegfeld, American theater producer (d. 1932) 1880, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor (d. 1971) 1910, Julio Gallo, American vintner (d. 1993) 1922, Russ Meyer, American film director and producer (d. 2004) 1930, James Coco, American actor (d. 1987) 1940, Solomon Burke, American singer (d. 2010) 1943, Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) (d. 1995) 1960, Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994) Notable deaths, March 21: 1556, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489) 1617, Pocahontas, Algonquian princess (b. 1595) 1863, Edwin Vose Sumner, American Civil War general (b. 1797) 1975, Joe Medwick, baseball player (b. 1911) 1985, Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (b. 1908) 1987, Dean Paul Martin, American musician (b. 1951) 1987, Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918) 1991, Leo Fender, American guitar manufacturer (b. 1909) 1992, John Ireland, Canadian film actor and director (b. 1914) 1994, Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913) 1994, Dack Rambo, American actor (b. 1941) 2002, Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913) 2005, Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923) 2005, Bobby Short, American singer (b. 1924) 2011, Pinetop Perkins, American pianist, Member of the Blues Hall of Fame (b. 1913)nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:49:12 +0000 March 21st - Happy Birthday Gary Oldman & Scott Eastwoodhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41101,from=rss#post41101https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41101,from=rss#post41101Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 81st day of 2011. There are 285 days left in the year. March 21 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. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1963, the Alcatraz federal prison island in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. On this date: In 717, Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. In 1152, Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. In 1188, Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan. In 1413, Henry V becomes King of England. In 1556, Thomas Cranmer, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake for heresy. In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. In 1788, A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins. In 1800, With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché. In 1801, The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt. In 1804, the French civil code, or the "Code Napoleon" as it was later called, was adopted. In 1806, Mexican statesman Benito Juarez was born in the state of Oaxaca. In 1814, Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. In 1821, Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta. In 1844, The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz. In 1857, An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000. In 1871, Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. In 1871, Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. In 1907, U.S. Marines arrived in Honduras to protect American lives and interests in the wake of political violence. In 1913, Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio. In 1918, World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins. In 1919, The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia. In 1921, The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of War Communism. In 1925, Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. In 1928, Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. In 1933, Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed. In 1935, Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Aryans.' In 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. In 1940, a new government was formed in France by Paul Reynaud, who became prime minister, succeeding Edouard Daladier. In 1943, Wehrmacht officer Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through. Von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion. In 1945, World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma. In 1945, World War II: Operation Carthage, British planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed. In 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. In 1946, The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933. In 1952, Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1960, Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. In 1960, about 70 people were killed in Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on black protesters. In 1963, Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes. In 1964, In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"). In 1965, Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes. In 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. In 1968, Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah. In 1970, The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Mayor of San Francisco Joseph Alioto. In 1972, the Supreme Court, in Dunn v. Blumstein, ruled that states may not require at least a year's residency for voting eligibility. In 1980, US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. In 1980, On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase "Who shot J.R.?" In 1985, police in Langa, South Africa, opened fire on blacks marching to mark the 25th anniversary of Sharpeville; the reported death toll varied between 29 and 43. In 1989, Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling. In 1990, Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule. In 1994, The last episode of the Australian TV series Mother and Son was broadcast. In 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. In 2006, Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Khalifa and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport riot causing $1M in damage. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush began a four-day trip to Latin America. Marjorie Knoller, whose two huge dogs had mauled neighbor Diane Whipple to death in their San Francisco apartment building, was convicted in Los Angeles of second-degree murder; her husband, Robert Noel, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. (The judge later threw out the murder conviction against Knoller, replacing it with manslaughter, but the murder conviction was reinstated by an appeals court.) Alexei Yagudin won the men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Nagano, Japan. Former Georgia governor and U.S. senator Herman Talmadge died in Hampton, Ga., at age 88. Five years ago: Former Vice President Al Gore made an emotional return to Congress as he pleaded with House and Senate committees to fight global warming; skeptical Republicans questioned the science behind his climate-change documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." One year ago: Syrians chanting "No more fear!" held a defiant march after a deadly government crackdown failed to quash three days of mass protests in the southern city of Deraa. Grammy-winning bluesman Pinetop Perkins died in Austin, Texas, at 97. Mayhew "Bo" Foster, a World War II U.S. Army pilot who transported Nazi official Hermann Goering for interrogation in an unarmed, unescorted plane, died in Missoula, Mont. at age 99.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:48:49 +0000