Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, March 21, 2010.

On this day in history ..

• 1349 - 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
• 1421 - Battle of Beauge-French beat British
• 1492 - Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
• 1610 - King James I addresses English House of Commons
• 1681 - 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
• 1697 - Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
• 1702 - Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
• 1788 - Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
• 1788 - Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
• 1790 - Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State
• 1791 - Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
• 1804 - French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
• 1824 - Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
• 1826 - Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
• 1835 - Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
• 1843 - Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
• 1844 - Origin of Bah�'� Era-Bah�'� calendar starts here (Bah� 1, 1)
• 1851 - Yosemite Valley discovered in California
• 1857 - Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
• 1859 - 1st Zoological Society incorporates (Phila)
• 1859 - Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh
• 1859 - Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated
• 1860 - US extradition treaty with Sweden
• 1863 - Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
• 1864 - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
• 1865 - Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
• 1866 - Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
• 1868 - 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC
• 1871 - Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
• 1871 - Otto von Bismarck elevated F�rst
• 1874 - US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
• 1885 - 2nd French government of Ferry resigns
• 1888 - Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London
• 1890 - Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
• 1891 - A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years
• 1899 - British & French accord about West-Africa
• 1907 - US invades Honduras
• 1909 - Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
• 1913 - -26] Flood in Ohio, kills 400
• 1914 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
• 1914 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott
• 1916 - JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indies
• 1917 - 1st female US Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh
• 1918 - -28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
• 1921 - Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
• 1922 - KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
• 1923 - US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition
• 1924 - 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)
• 1924 - Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
• 1925 - Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
• 1925 - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
• 1927 - Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
• 1931 - KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
• 1931 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
• 1931 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
• 1933 - Hitler, G�ring, Prince Ruprecht, Br�ning & top army meet in Berlin
• 1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
• 1934 - Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
• 1935 - Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris
• 1935 - Persia officially renamed Iran
• 1937 - Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
• 1939 - Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
• 1941 - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1942 - Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
• 1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta
• 1943 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
• 1943 - British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia
• 1944 - Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy
• 1945 - 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
• 1945 - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
• 1945 - Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police
• 1946 - Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
• 1946 - UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)
• 1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
• 1947 - Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
• 1947 - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
• 1948 - "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
• 1949 - WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1951 - 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
• 1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
• 1952 - "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 perfs
• 1952 - -22] Tornadoes in Ark, Tenn, Mo, Miss, Ala & Ky cause 343 deaths
• 1952 - 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US
• 1952 - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever
• 1953 - NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
• 1954 - KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
• 1955 - Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
• 1956 - 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani & Ernest Borgnine win
• 1957 - Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC
• 1958 - 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
• 1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
• 1959 - "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances
• 1959 - 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-70
• 1960 - Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
• 1961 - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
• 1961 - Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
• 1962 - A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
• 1962 - Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control
• 1962 - Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
• 1962 - Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
• 1963 - Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
• 1963 - David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
• 1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
• 1964 - Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
• 1964 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
• 1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
• 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
• 1965 - US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
• 1966 - Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
• 1968 - "Royals" chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise
• 1968 - Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
• 1968 - Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
• 1968 - Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tom�
• 1969 - John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
• 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1970 - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
• 1971 - Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
• 1971 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
• 1971 - Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
• 1971 - WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1972 - US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
• 1973 - Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals
• 1974 - Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
• 1975 - Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
• 1978 - Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
• 1979 - Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
• 1980 - On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
• 1982 - "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
• 1982 - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
• 1982 - Movie "Annie" premieres
• 1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
• 1983 - Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
• 1984 - Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
• 1984 - NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
• 1984 - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
• 1984 - Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
• 1985 - Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
• 1985 - Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
• 1986 - 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
• 1986 - Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02)
• 1986 - Pittsburgh Associates buy Pitts Pirates for $218 million
• 1987 - PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (�17 million)
• 1988 - 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
• 1989 - 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
• 1990 - "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 perfs
• 1990 - "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
• 1990 - "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
• 1990 - Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president
• 1991 - 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
• 1991 - Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
• 1991 - Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
• 1991 - UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
• 1992 - 2nd WLAF season begins
• 1992 - Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
• 1993 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
• 1993 - Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
• 1993 - South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
• 1994 - 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win
• 1994 - Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of Natl History
• 1994 - Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
• 1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals
• 1995 - NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295
• 1995 - NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)
• 1996 - "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 perfs
• 1997 - Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
• 1997 - Wrestlemania XIII