This Day In History

March 21

St. Nicholas

1871  Journalist Henry Stanley began his famous search to Africa for missing Scottish missionary David Livingston.
1935  Persia renamed Iran.
1963  Last prisoner at Alcatraz was transferred.
1965  Martin Luther King, Jr. lead more than 3,000 people in a march in Selma, Alabama.

1685  Composer Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany
1869  Producer Florenz Ziegfeld
1929  Actor James Coco
1946  Actor Timothy Dalton
1962  Actor Matthew Broderick

1958

• I Beg of You - Elvis Presley

• Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry

• Lollipop - The Chordettes

• Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis

1969

• Dizzy - Tommy Roe

• Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival

• This Girl's in Love with You - Dionne Warwick

• Only the Lonely - Sonny James

1975

• Black Water - The Doobie Brothers

• My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli

• Lady Marmalade - LaBelle

• Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender

1980

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

• Longer - Dan Fogelberg

• On the Radio - Donna Summer

• My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson

TIGERX.COM HOME  ||  History Date Index  ||  Memorial  ||  Sponsor A Page  ||  EMail

© Copyright 1995-2000 (MCMXCIX) Cristaldi Communications + TIGERX.COM Webhosting & Design - - January 15, 2000