Portal:United States/Anniversaries/March/March 21
- 1859 – The Zoological Society of Philadelphia, the first such society in the United States, isincorporated.
- 1952 – Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1963 – Alcatraz (pictured), a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
- 1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
- 1980 – President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
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Events
- 1788 - A fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans and leaves most of the town in ruins.
- 1859 - Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated.
- 1913 - Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1928 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1952 - Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1963 - Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
- 1965 - Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
- 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.
- 1970 - The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
- 1980 - US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
- 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 JR?"
- 1989 - Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.
- 2002 - 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.
- 2004 - In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority.
- 2005 - Red Lake High School massacre: Jeff Weise shoots and kills seven people at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota before committing suicide. Weise had priorly killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend.