March 21 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 21
In the headlines today:

2000	The US Supreme Court rules that tobacco cannot be restricted as an addictive drug.
1991	Electric guitar and amplifier pioneer Leo Fender dies of complications from Parkinson's Disease at age 81.
1967	The Beatles record vocal overdub tracks for Getting Better, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1963	The last prisoner is transferred out of the Alcatraz federal prison in San Francisco.
1963	Actor Elliott Gould and actress-singer Barbra Streisand are married.
1961	The Beatles debut at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. The rest, as they say, is history.
1960	Police kill 60 protesters during a demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa.
1945	Allied bombers begin four days of bombing targets inside Germany, during WWII.
1929	Olav V, King of Norway, marries Martha of Sweden.
1925	Lowell Thomas begins his radio broadcasting career, on Pittsburgh station KDKA.
1921	Poland becomes an independent republic.
1919	Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia.
1871	Sir Henry Morton Stanley begins exploring Africa.
1826	The first US engineering college, the Rensselaer School in Troy, New York, is chartered.
1800	Barnabo Chiaramonti is crowned as Pope Puis VII.
1241	Valdemar II, King of Denmark, dies.