| 630 |
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Heraclius restores the True Cross, which he has recaptured from the Persians. |
| 1556 |
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Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is burned at the stake at Oxford after retracting the last of seven recantations that same day. |
| 1617 |
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Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) dies of either small pox or pneumonia while in England with her husband, John Rolfe. |
| 1788 |
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Almost the entire city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is destroyed by fire. |
| 1806 |
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Lewis and Clark begin their trip home after an 8,000 mile trek of the Mississippi basin and the Pacific Coast. |
| 1865 |
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The Battle of Bentonville, N.C. ends, marking the last Confederate attempt to stop Union General William Sherman. |
| 1851 |
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Emperor Tu Duc orders that Christian priests are to put to death. |
| 1858 |
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British forces in India lift the siege of Lucknow, ending the Indian Mutiny. |
| 1906 |
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Ohio passes a law that prohibits hazing by fraternities. |
| 1908 |
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Frenchman Henri Farman carries a passenger in a bi-plane for the first time. |
| 1910 |
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The U.S. Senate grants ex-President Teddy Roosevelt an annual pension of $10,000. |
| 1918 |
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The Germans launch the 'Michael' offensive, better remembered as the First Battle of the Somme. |
| 1928 |
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President Calvin Coolidge gives the Congressional Medal of Honor to Charles Lindbergh for his first trans-Atlantic flight. |
| 1939 |
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Singer Kate Smith records "God Bless America" for Victor Records. |
| 1941 |
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The last Italian post in East Libya, North Africa, falls to the British. |
| 1951 |
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Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall reports that the U.S. military has doubled to 2.9 million since the start of the Korean War. |
| 1963 |
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Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, closes. |
| 1965 |
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The United States launches Ranger 9, last in a series of unmanned lunar explorations. |
| 1971 |
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Two U.S. platoons in Vietnam refuse their orders to advance. |
| 1975 |
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As North Vietnamese forces advance, Hue and other northern towns in South Vietnam are evacuated. |
| 1980 |
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President Jimmy Carter announces to the U.S. Olympic Team that they will not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. |
| 1984 |
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A Soviet submarine crashes into the USS Kitty Hawk off the coast of Japan. |
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Born on March 21 |
| 1685 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer. |
| 1806 |
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Benito Juarez, President of Mexico. |
| 1869 |
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Albert Kahn, architect who originated modern factory design. |
| 1869 |
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Florenz Ziegfeld, producer, creator of Ziegfeld Follies. |
| 1885 |
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Raoul Lufbery, French-born American fighter pilot of World War I. |
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