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| March 21st, 2007 (March 21 2007) | Death | Drew Hayes, American writer & graphic artist (born in 1969) | |
| March 21st, 2007 (March 21 2007) | Death | Sven O. Hoiby, the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (born in 1936) | |
| March 21st, 2007 (March 21 2007) | Death | Kevin Whitrick, first British man to commit suicide on a live chatroom (born in 1964) | |
| March 21st, 2006 (March 21 2006) | Event | Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Dubayy in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport join together and riot, causing $1M in damage. | |
| March 21st, 2005 (March 21 2005) | Death | Barney Martin, American actor (born in 1923) | |
| March 21st, 2005 (March 21 2005) | Death | Bobby Short, American singer (born in 1924) | |
| March 21st, 2004 (March 21 2004) | Event | In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority. | |
| March 21st, 2004 (March 21 2004) | Birth | Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg | |
| March 21st, 2004 (March 21 2004) | Death | Ludmilla Tcherina, French ballet dancer and actress (born in 1924) | |
| March 21st, 2003 (March 21 2003) | Death | Umar Wirahadikusumah, Fourth Vice President of Indonesia (born in 1924) | |
| March 21st, 2002 (March 21 2002) | Event | 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. | Earl Long Quotes |
| March 21st, 2002 (March 21 2002) | Event | British schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is abducted in broad daylight on her way home from Heathside School in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. | |
| March 21st, 2002 (March 21 2002) | Death | Herman Talmadge, American politician (born in 1913) | |
| March 21st, 2001 (March 21 2001) | Death | Chung Ju-yung, Korean industrialist (born in 1915) | |
| March 21st, 2001 (March 21 2001) | Death | Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (born in 1921) | |
| March 21st, 2001 (March 21 2001) | Death | Anthony Steel, English actor (born in 1920) | |
| March 21st, 1999 (March 21 1999) | Event | Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. | |
| March 21st, 1999 (March 21 1999) | Death | Ernie Wise, British comedian (born in 1925) | |
| March 21st, 1998 (March 21 1998) | Event | Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland. | |
| March 21st, 1998 (March 21 1998) | Death | Galina Ulanova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (born in 1910) | |
| March 21st, 1997 (March 21 1997) | Event | In a Tel Aviv, Israel coffee shop, a suicide bomber kills 3 and injures 49. | |
| March 21st, 1997 (March 21 1997) | Death | W. V. Awdry, English children s writer (born in 1911) | |
| March 21st, 1994 (March 21 1994) | Death | Macdonald Carey, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| March 21st, 1994 (March 21 1994) | Death | Dack Rambo, American actor (born in 1941) | |
| March 21st, 1994 (March 21 1994) | Death | Lili Damita, French actress (born in 1904) | |
| March 21st, 1992 (March 21 1992) | Death | John Ireland, Canadian film actor and director (born in 1914) | |
| March 21st, 1992 (March 21 1992) | Death | Natalie Sleeth, American composer (born in 1930) | |
| March 21st, 1991 (March 21 1991) | Death | Leo Fender, American guitar manufacturer (born in 1909) | |
| March 21st, 1990 (March 21 1990) | Event | Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule. | |
| March 21st, 1990 (March 21 1990) | Birth | Mandy Capristo, German Singer (Monrose) | |
| March 21st, 1989 (March 21 1989) | Event | Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling. | |
| March 21st, 1988 (March 21 1988) | Birth | Lee Cattermole, English footballer | |
| March 21st, 1987 (March 21 1987) | Death | Dean Paul Martin, American musician (born in 1951) | Paul Martin Quotes |
| March 21st, 1987 (March 21 1987) | Death | Robert Preston, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| March 21st, 1985 (March 21 1985) | Event | Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. | |
| March 21st, 1985 (March 21 1985) | Birth | Adrian Peterson, American Football player | |
| March 21st, 1985 (March 21 1985) | Death | Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (born in 1908) | |
| March 21st, 1984 (March 21 1984) | Death | Shauna Grant, American actress (suicide) (born in 1963) | |
| March 21st, 1982 (March 21 1982) | Birth | Aaron Hill, American baseball player | Aaron Hill Quotes |
| March 21st, 1982 (March 21 1982) | Birth | Colin Turkington, British racing driver | |
| March 21st, 1980 (March 21 1980) | Event | US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| March 21st, 1980 (March 21 1980) | Event | 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 JR?" | |
| March 21st, 1980 (March 21 1980) | Birth | Marit Bjorgen, Norwegian cross-country skier | |
| March 21st, 1980 (March 21 1980) | Birth | Ronaldinho Gaucho, Brazilian international footballer | |
| March 21st, 1980 (March 21 1980) | Birth | Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41) | |
| March 21st, 1980 (March 21 1980) | Death | Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (born in 1888) | |
| March 21st, 1978 (March 21 1978) | Birth | Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist | |
| March 21st, 1978 (March 21 1978) | Birth | Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007) | |
| March 21st, 1978 (March 21 1978) | Birth | Cristian Guzman, baseball player | |
| March 21st, 1978 (March 21 1978) | Birth | Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress | |
| March 21st, 1975 (March 21 1975) | Birth | Fabricio Oberto, Argentine basketball player | |
| March 21st, 1975 (March 21 1975) | Birth | Justin Pierce, British actor (died in 2000) | |
| March 21st, 1975 (March 21 1975) | Birth | Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player | |
| March 21st, 1975 (March 21 1975) | Death | Joe Medwick, baseball player (born in 1911) | |
| March 21st, 1974 (March 21 1974) | Birth | Jose Clayton, Tunisian footballer | |
| March 21st, 1974 (March 21 1974) | Birth | Laura Allen, American actress | |
| March 21st, 1973 (March 21 1973) | Birth | Ananda Lewis, American model and television personality | |
| March 21st, 1973 (March 21 1973) | Birth | Stuart Nethercott, English footballer | |
| March 21st, 1973 (March 21 1973) | Birth | Jerry Supiran, American actor | |
| March 21st, 1972 (March 21 1972) | Birth | Chris Candido, professional wrestler (died in 2005) | |
| March 21st, 1970 (March 21 1970) | Event | The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto. | |
| March 21st, 1970 (March 21 1970) | Event | Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC s Wide World of Sports. | |
| March 21st, 1970 (March 21 1970) | Death | Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (born in 1920) | |
| March 21st, 1969 (March 21 1969) | Birth | Ali Daei, Iranian footballer | |
| March 21st, 1968 (March 21 1968) | Event | Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah. | |
| March 21st, 1968 (March 21 1968) | Birth | DJ Premier (Preemo), hip hop producer | |
| March 21st, 1967 (March 21 1967) | Birth | Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base) | |
| March 21st, 1967 (March 21 1967) | Birth | Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter | |
| March 21st, 1967 (March 21 1967) | Birth | Maxim Reality, British MC (The Prodigy) | |
| March 21st, 1965 (March 21 1965) | Event | Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes. | |
| March 21st, 1965 (March 21 1965) | Event | 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. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| March 21st, 1965 (March 21 1965) | Birth | Xavier Bertrand, French politician | |
| March 21st, 1964 (March 21 1964) | Event | In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l eta" ("I m not old enough"). | |
| March 21st, 1964 (March 21 1964) | Birth | Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi international football star | |
| March 21st, 1964 (March 21 1964) | Birth | Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist | |
| March 21st, 1963 (March 21 1963) | Event | Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes. | |
| March 21st, 1963 (March 21 1963) | Birth | Shawon Dunston, baseball player | |
| March 21st, 1963 (March 21 1963) | Birth | Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and football manager | |
| March 21st, 1962 (March 21 1962) | Birth | Matthew Broderick, American actor | |
| March 21st, 1962 (March 21 1962) | Birth | Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress | |
| March 21st, 1962 (March 21 1962) | Birth | Rosie O Donnell, American comedian, actress, talk show host, and publisher | |
| March 21st, 1962 (March 21 1962) | Birth | Mark Waid, American comic book writer | |
| March 21st, 1961 (March 21 1961) | Birth | Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (died in 2003) | |
| March 21st, 1961 (March 21 1961) | Birth | Lothar Matthaus, German footballer | |
| March 21st, 1960 (March 21 1960) | Event | Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. | |
| March 21st, 1960 (March 21 1960) | Birth | Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 World Champion (died in 1994) | Ayrton Senna Quotes |
| March 21st, 1960 (March 21 1960) | Birth | Robert Sweet, American drummer | |
| March 21st, 1959 (March 21 1959) | Birth | Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer | |
| March 21st, 1959 (March 21 1959) | Birth | Sarah Jane Morris, English Singer | |
| March 21st, 1958 (March 21 1958) | Birth | Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress | |
| March 21st, 1958 (March 21 1958) | Birth | Gary Oldman, English actor | |
| March 21st, 1958 (March 21 1958) | Death | Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (born in 1923) | |
| March 21st, 1956 (March 21 1956) | Birth | Guy Chadwick, English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (The House of Love) | |
| March 21st, 1956 (March 21 1956) | Birth | Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner | |
| March 21st, 1952 (March 21 1952) | Event | Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. | |
| March 21st, 1951 (March 21 1951) | Birth | Russell Thompkins Jr, American singer (The Stylistics) | |
| March 21st, 1951 (March 21 1951) | Death | Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (born in 1871) | |
| March 21st, 1950 (March 21 1950) | Birth | Roger Hodgson, English musician, former member of Supertramp | |
| March 21st, 1949 (March 21 1949) | Birth | Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic | Philo Quotes |
| March 21st, 1949 (March 21 1949) | Birth | Eddie Money, American musician | |
| March 21st, 1946 (March 21 1946) | Birth | Timothy Dalton, British actor | |
| March 21st, 1945 (March 21 1945) | Event | World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma. | |
| March 21st, 1945 (March 21 1945) | Birth | Rose Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) | |
| March 21st, 1945 (March 21 1945) | Death | Artur Nebe, German SS officer {born in 1894) | |
| March 21st, 1944 (March 21 1944) | Birth | Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress | |
| March 21st, 1943 (March 21 1943) | Event | Massacre of the town of Kalavryta, Greece by German Nazi troops. | |
| March 21st, 1943 (March 21 1943) | Birth | Vivian Stanshall, English musician, artist, actor, writer, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (died in 1995) | |
| March 21st, 1943 (March 21 1943) | Birth | Istvan Gyulai, Hungarian General Secretary of the IAAF (died in 2006) | |
| March 21st, 1943 (March 21 1943) | Birth | Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor | |
| March 21st, 1942 (March 21 1942) | Birth | Francoise Dorleac, French actress (died in 1967) | |
| March 21st, 1940 (March 21 1940) | Birth | Solomon Burke, American singer | Solomon Quotes |
| March 21st, 1937 (March 21 1937) | Event | Ponce Massacre: 18 people and a 7-yr-old girl in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by a police squad acting under orders of US-appointed PR Governor, Blanton C. Winship. | |
| March 21st, 1936 (March 21 1936) | Birth | Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician | |
| March 21st, 1936 (March 21 1936) | Birth | Mike Westbrook, British jazz composer, bandleader and pianist | |
| March 21st, 1936 (March 21 1936) | Death | Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (born in 1865) | |
| March 21st, 1935 (March 21 1935) | Event | Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means Land of the Aryans . | |
| March 21st, 1935 (March 21 1935) | Birth | Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (died in 2004) | Brian Clough Quotes |
| March 21st, 1934 (March 21 1934) | Birth | Al Freeman, Jr., American actor | |
| March 21st, 1934 (March 21 1934) | Death | Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (born in 1878) | |
| March 21st, 1933 (March 21 1933) | Event | Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi Germany concentration camp, is completed. | |
| March 21st, 1933 (March 21 1933) | Birth | Michael Heseltine, English politician | |
| March 21st, 1932 (March 21 1932) | Birth | Walter Gilbert, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| March 21st, 1932 (March 21 1932) | Birth | Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor | |
| March 21st, 1930 (March 21 1930) | Birth | James Coco, actor (died in 1987) | |
| March 21st, 1929 (March 21 1929) | Birth | Maurice Catarcio, wrestler | |
| March 21st, 1928 (March 21 1928) | Event | Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight. | |
| March 21st, 1927 (March 21 1927) | Birth | Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician | |
| March 21st, 1925 (March 21 1925) | Birth | Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (died in 1964) | |
| March 21st, 1925 (March 21 1925) | Birth | Peter Brook, British film director and producer | Peter Brook Quotes |
| March 21st, 1923 (March 21 1923) | Birth | Philip Abbott, American actor (died in 1998) | |
| March 21st, 1923 (March 21 1923) | Birth | Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Founder of Sahaja Yogav | |
| March 21st, 1922 (March 21 1922) | Birth | Russ Meyer, American film director and producer (died in 2004) | |
| March 21st, 1921 (March 21 1921) | Birth | Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (died in 1986) | |
| March 21st, 1920 (March 21 1920) | Birth | Georg Ots, Estonian singer (died in 1975) | |
| March 21st, 1920 (March 21 1920) | Birth | Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (died in 1970) | |
| March 21st, 1918 (March 21 1918) | Event | World War I: Second Battle of the Somme begins. | |
| March 21st, 1915 (March 21 1915) | Death | Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (born in 1856) | |
| March 21st, 1914 (March 21 1914) | Birth | Paul Tortelier, French cellist (died in 1990) | |
| March 21st, 1913 (March 21 1913) | Event | Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio. | |
| March 21st, 1913 (March 21 1913) | Birth | George Abecassis, English race car driver (died in 1991) | |
| March 21st, 1913 (March 21 1913) | Birth | Heinz "Pritzl" Bar, German fighter pilot (died in 1957) | |
| March 21st, 1910 (March 21 1910) | Birth | M S Khan, Bangladeshi intellectual (died in 1978) | |
| March 21st, 1910 (March 21 1910) | Death | Nadar, French photographer (born in 1820) | |
| March 21st, 1906 (March 21 1906) | Birth | Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman | |
| March 21st, 1904 (March 21 1904) | Birth | Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (died in 1999) | |
| March 21st, 1904 (March 21 1904) | Birth | Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (died in 1949) | |
| March 21st, 1902 (March 21 1902) | Birth | Son House, American musician (died in 1988) | |
| March 21st, 1901 (March 21 1901) | Birth | Karl Arnold, German politician (died in 1958) | |
| March 21st, 1895 (March 21 1895) | Birth | Zlatko Balokovic, Croatian violinist (died in 1955) | |
| March 21st, 1885 (March 21 1885) | Birth | Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (died in 1952) | |
| March 21st, 1884 (March 21 1884) | Death | Ezra Abbot, American bible scholar (born in 1819) | |
| March 21st, 1881 (March 21 1881) | Death | Samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (born in 1793) | |
| March 21st, 1880 (March 21 1880) | Birth | Gilbert M. Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (died in 1971) | |
| March 21st, 1876 (March 21 1876) | Birth | John Tewksbury, American athlete (died in 1968) | |
| March 21st, 1871 (March 21 1871) | Event | Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. | |
| March 21st, 1871 (March 21 1871) | Event | Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. | |
| March 21st, 1869 (March 21 1869) | Birth | Florenz Ziegfeld, theater producer (died in 1932) | |
| March 21st, 1863 (March 21 1863) | Birth | George Owen Squier, American inventor and Major General in U.S. Signal Corp(d.1934) | |
| March 21st, 1863 (March 21 1863) | Death | Edwin Vose Sumner, American Civil War general (born in 1797) | |
| March 21st, 1859 (March 21 1859) | Event | Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated | |
| March 21st, 1857 (March 21 1857) | Event | An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000. | |
| March 21st, 1854 (March 21 1854) | Birth | Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (died in 1924) | |
| March 21st, 1850 (March 21 1850) | Death | Miguel Pedrorena, American settler | |
| March 21st, 1844 (March 21 1844) | Event | The Baha i calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baha i calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Baha i Faith as the Baha i New Year or Naw-Ruz. | |
| March 21st, 1844 (March 21 1844) | Event | The original date predicted by William Miller for the return of Christ. | William Miller Quotes |
| March 21st, 1843 (March 21 1843) | Death | Robert Southey, English poet (born in 1774) | Robert Southey Quotes |
| March 21st, 1843 (March 21 1843) | Death | Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (born in 1786) | |
| March 21st, 1839 (March 21 1839) | Birth | Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (died in 1881) | Modest Mussorgsky Quotes |
| March 21st, 1835 (March 21 1835) | Birth | Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (died in 18976) | |
| March 21st, 1821 (March 21 1821) | Event | First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence. | |
| March 21st, 1811 (March 21 1811) | Birth | Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (died in 1891) | |
| March 21st, 1806 (March 21 1806) | Birth | Benito Juarez, Mexican statesman and national hero (died in 1872) | Benito Juarez Quotes |
| March 21st, 1804 (March 21 1804) | Event | Code Napoleon is adopted as French civil law. | |
| March 21st, 1804 (March 21 1804) | Death | Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Conde, duc d Enghien (executed) (born in 1772) | |
| March 21st, 1801 (March 21 1801) | Event | The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt. | |
| March 21st, 1801 (March 21 1801) | Birth | Maria Theresa of Tuscany, Queen of Sardinia (died in 1855) | |
| March 21st, 1801 (March 21 1801) | Death | Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (born in 1741) | |
| March 21st, 1800 (March 21 1800) | Event | 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-mache. | |
| March 21st, 1795 (March 21 1795) | Death | Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (born in 1714) | |
| March 21st, 1788 (March 21 1788) | Event | A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins. | |
| March 21st, 1772 (March 21 1772) | Death | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (born in 1703) | |
| March 21st, 1768 (March 21 1768) | Birth | Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (died in 1830) | |
| March 21st, 1763 (March 21 1763) | Birth | Jean Paul, German writer (died in 1825) | |
| March 21st, 1762 (March 21 1762) | Death | Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (born in 1713) | |
| March 21st, 1751 (March 21 1751) | Death | Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (born in 1706) | |
| March 21st, 1734 (March 21 1734) | Death | Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (born in 1679) | |
| March 21st, 1729 (March 21 1729) | Death | John Law, Scottish economist (born in 1671) | John Scott Quotes |
| March 21st, 1713 (March 21 1713) | Birth | Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (died in 1803) | |
| March 21st, 1685 (March 21 1685) | Birth | Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (died in 1750) | |
| March 21st, 1676 (March 21 1676) | Death | Henri Sauval, French historian (born in 1623) | |
| March 21st, 1656 (March 21 1656) | Death | James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (born in 1581) | |
| March 21st, 1617 (March 21 1617) | Death | Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (born in c. 1595) | |
| March 21st, 1556 (March 21 1556) | Event | In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. | |
| March 21st, 1556 (March 21 1556) | Death | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (born in 1489) | |
| March 21st, 1527 (March 21 1527) | Birth | Hermann Finck, German composer (died in 1558) | |
| March 21st, 1521 (March 21 1521) | Birth | Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died in 1553) | |
| March 21st, 1487 (March 21 1487) | Death | Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (born in 1417) | |
| March 21st, 1413 (March 21 1413) | Event | Henry V becomes King of England. | |
| March 21st, 1306 (March 21 1306) | Death | Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1248) | |
| March 21st, 1188 (March 21 1188) | Event | Accession to the throne of Japan by emperor Antoku. | |
| March 21st, 1181 (March 21 1181) | Death | Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (born in 1118) | |
| March 21st, 1076 (March 21 1076) | Death | Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1011) | |
| March 21st, 0717 (March 21 0717) | Event | Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. | |
| March 21st, 0630 (March 21 0630) | Event | Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. | |
