World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians. Date: March 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma. Date: March 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933. Date: March 21, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. Date: March 21, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. Date: March 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes. Date: March 21, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: March 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes. Date: March 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO. Date: March 21, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
San Diego Comic-Con, the largest pop and culture festival in the world, hosts its inaugural event. Date: March 21, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)