Daily Calendar for Wednesday, March 21, 2029
Explore Other Dates on the Calendar
Daily Calendar
View daily calendar information including holidays, advice, and daily features.
Wednesday, March 21, 2029
Died
- Pocahontas (aka Rebecca Rolfe, funeral occurred on this date) –
- Frederick Winslow Taylor (father of scientific management”“) –
- Macdonald Carey (actor) –
- Rabbi Israel Miller (leader of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany) –
- Herman Talmadge (governor & U.S. senator) –
- Johnny Bristol (producer, songwriter, & singer) –
- Ludmilla Tcherina (French-artist & ballet star) –
- Barney Martin (actor) –
- Bernard Lacoste (head of fashion company best known for its crocodile-crested polo shirts) –
- James Rebhorn (actor) –
Born
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer; Old Style date) –
- Modest Mussorgsky (composer) –
- Florenz Ziegfeld (theatrical producer) –
- Halton Christian Arp (American astronomer) –
- Jules Bergman (newsman) –
- James Coco (actor) –
- Timothy Dalton (actor) –
- Gary Oldman (actor) –
- Ayrton Senna (race car driver) –
- Rosie O'Donnell (comedienne & actress) –
- Matthew Broderick (actor) –
Events
- Thomas Jefferson reported to President Washington in NY as the new Secretary of State –
- Jane Croly organized first club for professional women, Sorosis, in New York City –
- Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his famous expedition into Africa to locate the missing Scottish missionary, David Livingstone –
- World War I Second Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest in history, began in France –
- United Nations established temporary headquarters in New York City, at Hunter College –
- DJ Alan Freed hosted the first rock-n-roll concert, Cleveland, Ohio. Reportedly, 25,000 people showed up, though only 10,000 seats were available –
- Sharpeville Massacre took place in S. Africa when blacks besieged Johannesburg police station protesting law requiring all blacks to carry papers –
- The federal prison on Alcatraz Island, California, closed after 29 years of operation –
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of civil rights demonstrators on a 50+ mile walk from Selma to Montgomery, AL, demanding voting rights for African Americans –
- Order of Canada, to honor outstanding contributions to society and country, instituted –
- Royals was the winning name for the new Kansas City baseball team –
- The Guess Who’s “American Woman” was released as a single –
- Soviet sub collided with USS Kitty Hawk –
- U.S. figure skater Debi Thomas became the first African American woman to win the world’s championship, Geneva, Switzerland –
- After 33 years, Dick Clark announced he was stepping down as host of American Bandstand –
- Former NBA star Michael Jordan was dropped from the White Sox major league baseball roster and sent to minor league spring training camp –
- Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet on the platform, “just setting up my twttr.” –
- Rajveer Meena recited 70,000 decimal places of pi –
Weather
- Tornado swept through southeastern U.S., killing more than 300 people –