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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[537]] &ndash; [[Siege of Rome (537–538)|Siege of Rome]]: King [[Vitiges]] attempts to assault the northern and eastern [[Aurelian Walls|city walls]], but is repulsed at the [[Porta Maggiore|Praenestine Gate]], known as the ''[[Vivarium (Rome)|Vivarium]]'', by the defenders under the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] generals [[Bessas (magister militum)|Bessas]] and [[Peranius the Iberian|Peranius]].
* [[630]] &ndash; Emperor [[Heraclius]] returns the [[True Cross]], one of the holiest Christian [[relic]]s, to [[Jerusalem]].
* [[717]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vincy]] between [[Charles Martel]] and [[Ragenfrid]].
* [[867]] &ndash; An army of the [[Kingdom of Northumbria]] attempts to recapture [[York]] from the [[Great Heathen Army]] but is defeated in the [[Battle of York (867)|battle of York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cannon |first1=John |title=Ælle |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199550371.001.0001/acref-9780199550371-e-37 |website=A Dictionary of British History |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=15 September 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199550371.001.0001 |date=2015|isbn=9780199550371 }}</ref>
*[[1152]] &ndash; Annulment of the marriage of King [[Louis VII of France]] and Queen [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]].
*[[1180]] &ndash; [[Emperor Antoku]] accedes to the throne of Japan.
*[[1349]] – [[Erfurt massacre (1349)|Erfurt massacre]]: Outbreak of an [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] [[pogrom]] in [[Erfurt]], Germany, during which between 100 and up to 3000 Jews were killed by Christians after being accused of causing the [[Black Death]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BLACK DEATH |url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3349-black-death |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=jewishencyclopedia}}</ref>
*[[1556]] &ndash; On the day of his execution in [[Oxford]], former [[archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and [[Antichrist]] with all his false doctrine."<ref>{{cite book  | last = Heinze | first = Rudolph W. | contribution = 'I pray God to grant that I may endure to the end': A New Look at the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer | year =1993 | editor-last =Ayris | editor-first =Paul | editor2-last =Selwyn | editor2-first =David | title =Thomas Cranmer: Churchman and Scholar | place =Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK | publisher =[[Boydell & Brewer|The Boydell Press]] | isbn =0-85115-549-9 |page=279}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Great New Orleans Fire (1788)|A fire in New Orleans]] leaves most of the town in ruins.<ref>{{cite book|author=Roulhac Toledano|title=A Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture|date=11 February 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mpuUz9sZ9NoC&pg=PA157|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-4556-1017-4|pages=157}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; With the [[Papal States|church]] leadership driven out of [[Rome]] during an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] is [[papal coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a [[List of papal tiaras in existence|temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché]].
*[[1801]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Alexandria (1801)|Battle of Alexandria]] is fought between [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] and [[French First Republic|French]] forces near the ruins of Nicopolis near [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]].
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Code|Code Napoléon]] is adopted as French [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] forces repel [[First French Empire|French]] troops in the [[Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: Greek revolutionaries seize [[Kalavryta]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://greekreporter.com/2017/03/23/kalavryta-the-first-greek-city-liberated-from-the-ottomans/ | title=Kalavryta: The First Greek City Liberated from the Ottomans | date=23 March 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; The [[Wellington–Winchilsea duel]] takes place in [[London]] involving the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] the [[Duke of Wellington]].<ref>Muir, Rory. ''Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852''. Yale University Press, 2015. p.575-7</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[Baháʼí calendar]] begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baháʼí calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] as the Baháʼí New Year or [[Baháʼí Naw-Rúz|Náw-Rúz]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Alexander H. Stephens]] gives the [[Cornerstone Speech]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Otto von Bismarck]] is appointed as the first [[Chancellor of the German Empire]].
*  1871   &ndash; Journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The first phase of the [[German spring offensive]], [[Operation Michael]], begins.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Hungarian Soviet Republic]] is established becoming the first [[Communism|Communist]] government to be formed in Europe after the [[October Revolution]] in [[Russian Empire|Russia]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[New Economic Policy]] is implemented by the [[Bolshevik]] Party in response to the economic failure as a result of [[war communism]].
*[[1925]] &ndash; The [[Butler Act]] prohibits the teaching of [[human evolution]] in [[Tennessee]].
*  1925   &ndash; [[Syngman Rhee]] is removed from office after being [[Impeachment|impeached]] as the President of the [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]].
*  1925   &ndash; Ravel's opera ''[[L'enfant et les sortilèges]]'', to a libretto by [[Colette]], is premiered at the [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]].<ref>[http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/lenfant-et-les-sortileges-maurice-ravel ''L'Enfant et les sortilèges'' - Details] by McLellan, Joe; LA Philharmonic. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230104847/https://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/lenfant-et-les-sortileges-maurice-ravel |date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented with the [[Medal of Honor]] for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
*[[1934]] &ndash; The landmark [[Australian Eastern Mission]] led by [[John Greig Latham|John Latham]] departs on its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Bird|chapter=The Genesis of Australian Appeasement – The 'Australian Eastern Mission' of 1934 and its Aftermath|title=J. A. Lyons, The Tame Tasmanian: Appeasement and Rearmament in Australia, 1932–39|year=2008|publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing|isbn=9781740971577|pages=60–93}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[List of monarchs of Persia|Shah of Iran]] [[Reza Shah|Reza Shah Pahlavi]] formally asks the international community to call [[Iran|Persia]] by its native name, ''[[Name of Iran|Iran]]''.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ponce massacre]]: Nineteen unarmed civilians in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]] are gunned down by police in a terrorist attack ordered by the US-appointed Governor, [[Blanton Winship]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Wehrmacht]] officer [[Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff|Rudolf von Gersdorff]] plots to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]] by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: British troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Carthage]]: [[Royal Air Force]] planes bomb [[Gestapo]] headquarters in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] and the [[Soviet Union]] successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the [[Drava]] River as the [[Battle of the Transdanubian Hills]] concludes.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[Los Angeles Rams]] sign [[Kenny Washington (American football)|Kenny Washington]], making him the first [[African American]] [[Black players in professional American football|player]] in professional [[American football]] since 1933.
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Alan Freed]] presents the [[Moondog Coronation Ball]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Apartheid]]: [[Sharpeville massacre]], South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary]] closes.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ranger program]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Ranger 9]], the last in a series of uncrewed lunar [[space probe]]s.
*  1965   &ndash; [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful [[Selma to Montgomery marches|civil rights march]] from [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] to [[Montgomery, Alabama]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Battle of Karameh]] in [[Jordan]] between the [[Israel Defense Forces]] and the combined forces of the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]] and [[PLO]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; The first [[Earth Day]] proclamation is issued by [[Joseph Alioto]], [[Mayor of San Francisco]].
*  1970   &ndash; [[San Diego Comic-Con]], the largest [[Comic book convention|pop and culture festival]] in the world, hosts its inaugural event.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |date=November 25, 2009 |title=Comic-Con co-creator Ken Krueger dies |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8379221.stm |url-status=live |access-date=January 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000150/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8379221.stm |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: American President [[Jimmy Carter]] announces a United States [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to protest the [[Soviet–Afghan War]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; The first cases of the [[1983 West Bank fainting epidemic]] begin; [[Israel]]is and [[State of Palestine|Palestinians]] accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be [[psychosomatic]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; Canadian [[paraplegic]] athlete and humanitarian [[Rick Hansen]] begins his [[circumnavigation]] of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of [[spinal cord]] injury medical research.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rickhansen.com/about-rick/ricks-story |website=Rick Hansen Foundation - Rick's Story |access-date=2 April 2025 |title=Rick's Story &#124; Rick Hansen Foundation }}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Debi Thomas]] becomes the first African American to win the [[World Figure Skating Championships]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Transbrasil Flight 801]] crashes into a [[slum]] near [[São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport]], killing 25 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-349C PT-TCS São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890321-0 |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Namibia]] becomes independent after 75 years of [[South Africa]]n rule.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] enters into force.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Bertrand Piccard]] and [[Brian Jones (aeronaut)|Brian Jones]] become the first to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the Earth in a [[hot air balloon]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] makes his first ever [[Roman Pontifical|pontifical]] visit to [[Israel]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; The [[social media]] site [[Twitter]] (now officially named X) is founded.
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion]] occurs, killing at least 47 people and injuring 640 others.<ref>{{cite news|title=Devastation at blast site after China chemical plant explosion leaves 47 dead, 640 injured|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002772/jiangsu-chemical-plant-explosion-death-toll-reaches-44-32|access-date=2019-03-23|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735]] crashes in [[Guangxi]], China, killing 132 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chang |first1=Wayne |title=Chinese airliner carrying 132 people crashes in southern Guangxi region |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/china/china-plane-crash-guangxi-intl-hnk/index.html |website=CNN |date=21 March 2022 |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[927]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizu of Song]] (died 976)
*[[1474]] &ndash; [[Angela Merici]], Italian educator and saint (died 1540)
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham]], English noble (died 1558)
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]] (died 1553)
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Hermann Finck]], German composer and educator (died 1558)
*[[1555]] &ndash; [[John Leveson]], English politician (died 1615)
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel]], English countess and poet (died 1630)

===1601–1900===
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur]], Spanish saint and missionary (died 1667)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino]], Italian poet and translator (died 1742)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-benedetto-pallavicino_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=Pallavicino, Stefano Benedetto|website=Treccani|language=it|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German Baroque composer and musician (died 1750)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Francis Rimbault|title=Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life and Writings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12|year=1869|publisher=Metzler & Company|pages=12}}</ref>
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Francis Lewis]], Welsh-American merchant and politician (died 1803)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Josef Seger]], Bohemian organist, composer, and educator (died 1782)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Mary Dixon Kies]], American inventor (died 1837)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Jean Paul]], German journalist and author (died 1825)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Joseph Fourier]], French mathematician and physicist (died 1830)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle]], Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (died 1825)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bosquejo sobre la evolución política y jurídica de la época Republicana del Perú |first=Alfonso |last=Benavides Loredo |publisher=P. Acevedo |year=1918 |location=Lima |page=227 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=trlGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA227}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover|Augusta Waddington]], Welsh writer and patron of the arts (died 1896)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anya|last=Laurence|title=Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900|location=New York|publisher=Richards Rosen Press|year=1978|page=91|oclc=252454075}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Benito Juárez]], Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th [[President of Mexico]] (died 1872)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Woodard]], English priest and educator (died 1891)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Alexander Mozhaysky]], Russian soldier and engineer (died 1890)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Beale]], English suffragist, educational reformer and author (died 1906)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hayward (cricketer)|Thomas Hayward]], English cricketer (died 1876)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Modest Mussorgsky]], Russian pianist and composer (died 1881)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Alick Bannerman]], Australian cricketer and coach (died 1924)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Alice Henry]], Australian journalist and activist (died 1943)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Daria Pratt]], American golfer (died 1938)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[George Owen Squier]], American general and inventor of [[Muzak|Musak]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=HistoryofInformation.com |url=https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3821}}</ref> (died 1934)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Antonia Maury]], American astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1952)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.]], American director and producer (died 1932)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[David Robertson (golfer)|David Robertson]], Scottish-English golfer and rugby player (died 1937)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Alfred Tysoe]], English runner (died 1901)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Walter Tewksbury]], American runner and hurdler (died 1968)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Maurice Farman]], French race car driver and pilot (died 1964)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Morris H. Whitehouse]], American architect (died 1944)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Broncho Billy Anderson]], American actor, director, and producer (died 1971)
*  1880   &ndash; [[Hans Hofmann]], German-American painter and academic (died 1966)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Kesküla]], Estonian politician (died 1963)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[George David Birkhoff]], American mathematician (died 1944)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Pierre Renoir]], French actor and director (died 1952)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Walter Dray]], American pole vaulter (died 1973)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Clarice Beckett]], Australian painter (died 1935)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Lajos Kassák]], Hungarian poet, novelist and painter (died 1967)
*  1887   &ndash; [[M. N. Roy]], Indian philosopher and politician (died 1954)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Jock Sutherland]], American football player and coach (died 1948)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Hannah Ryggen]], Norwegian textile artist (died 1970)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hannah Ryggen |first1=Jan-Lauritz |last1=Opstad |first2=Mats |last2=Linder |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=14 March 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Hannah_Ryggen |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Waismann]], Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1959)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Sim Gokkes]], Dutch composer and conductor (died 1943)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Salvador Lutteroth]], Mexican wrestling promoter, founded [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (died 1987)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Panagiotis Pipinelis]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 1970)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Karl Arnold]], German businessman and politician, [[President of the German Bundesrat]] (died 1958)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Son House]], American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1988)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Jehane Benoît]], Canadian journalist and author (died 1987)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Forrest Mars, Sr.]], American candy maker, created [[M&M's]] and [[Mars (chocolate bar)|Mars bar]] (died 1999)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Nikos Skalkottas]], Greek violinist and composer (died 1949)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Phyllis McGinley]], American author and poet (died 1978)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[André Filho]], Brazilian musician and songwriter (died 1974)
*  1906   &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller III]], American philanthropist (died 1978)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Jim Thompson (designer)|Jim Thompson]], American businessman (died 1967)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Zoltán Kemény]], Hungarian sculptor (died 1965)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Harry Lane (footballer, born 1909)|Harry Lane]], English footballer (died 1977)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Julio Gallo]], American businessman, co-founded [[E & J Gallo Winery]] (died 1993)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Muhammad Siddiq Khan]], Bangladeshi librarian and educator (died 1978)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Walter Lincoln Hawkins]], American scientist and inventor (died 1992)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[André Laurendeau]], Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (died 1968)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[George Abecassis]], English race car driver and pilot (died 1991)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Guillermo Haro]], Mexican astronomer (died 1988)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Paul Tortelier]], French cellist and composer (died 1990)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Bismillah Khan]], Indian [[shehnai]] player (died 2006)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Ken Wharton]], English race car driver (died 1957)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Frank Hardy]], Australian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1994)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Patrick Lucey]], American captain and politician, 38th [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (died 2014)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Charles Thompson (jazz)|Charles Thompson]], American pianist and composer (died 2016)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Douglas Warren (bishop)|Douglas Warren]], Australian bishop (died 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Manolis Chiotis]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player (died 1970)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Éric Rohmer]], French director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (died 2010)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Arthur Grumiaux]], Belgian violinist and pianist (died 1986)
*  1921 &ndash; [[Antony Hopkins]], English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2014)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Russ Meyer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Louis-Edmond Hamelin]], Canadian geographer, author, and academic (died 2020)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Rezső Nyers]], Hungarian politician (died 2018)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Nizar Qabbani]], Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (died 1998)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Nirmala Srivastava]], Indian religious leader, founded [[Sahaja Yoga]] (died 2011)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Philip Abbott]], American actor (died 1998)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Dov Shilansky]], Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician (died 2010)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Harold Ashby]], American saxophonist (died 2003)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Peter Brook]], English-French director and producer (died 2022)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 21: Gary Oldman, Rosie O'Donnell |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/21/Famous-birthdays-for-March-21-Gary-Oldman-Rosie-ODonnell/3811679352825/ |publisher=[[United Press International|UPI]] |access-date=19 March 2024 |date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Hugo Koblet]], Swiss cyclist (died 1964)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[André Delvaux]], Belgian director and screenwriter (died 2002)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Halton Arp]], American-German astronomer and critic (died 2013)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]], German soldier and politician, [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] (died 2016)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Surya Bahadur Thapa]], Nepalese politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (died 2015)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Maurice Catarcio]], American wrestler (died 2005)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[James Coco]], American actor (died 1987)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Otis Spann]], American blues pianist, singer and composer (died 1970)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Clark L. Brundin]], American-English engineer and academic (died 2021)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Catherine Gibson]], Scottish swimmer (died 2013)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Toyonobori]], Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1998)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Al Williamson]], American illustrator (died 2010)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Walter Gilbert]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1932   &ndash; [[Joseph Silverstein]], American violinist and conductor (died 2015)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[John Hall (English businessman)|John Hall]], English businessman
*  1933   &ndash; [[Michael Heseltine]], Welsh businessman and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Al Freeman, Jr.]], American actor and director (died 2012)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Brian Clough]], English footballer and manager (died 2004)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Ed Broadbent]], Canadian political scientist and politician (died 2024)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Mike Westbrook]], English pianist and composer (died 2026)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ann Clwyd]], Welsh journalist and politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Wales]] (died 2023)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Tom Flores]], American football player and coach
*  1937 &ndash; [[Pierre-Jean Rémy]], French diplomat and author (died 2010)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Michael Foreman (author/illustrator)|Michael Foreman]], English author and illustrator
*  1938 &ndash; [[Grahame Thomas]], Australian cricketer
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Widdoes]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Solomon Burke]], American singer-songwriter (died 2010)
*  1940 &ndash; [[Andrea Elle]], German bicyclist 
*  1940 &ndash; [[Chip Taylor]], American singer and songwriter (died 2026)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ziegler |first=Hannah |date=March 25, 2026 |title=Chip Taylor, Writer of ‘Wild Thing’ and Other Rock Hits, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/arts/music/chip-taylor-dead.html |access-date=April 9, 2026 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Françoise Dorléac]], French actress (died 1967)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Amina Claudine Myers]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*  1942   &ndash; [[Kostas Politis]], Greek basketball player and coach (died 2018)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Patcha Ramachandra Rao]], Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (died 2010)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[István Gyulai]], Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster (died 2006)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Hartmut Haenchen]], German conductor
*  1943   &ndash; [[Vivian Stanshall]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (died 1995)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Marie-Christine Barrault]], French actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Janet Daley]], American-English journalist and author
*  1944   &ndash; [[Hideki Ishima]], Japanese guitarist 
*  1944   &ndash; [[Mike Jackson (British Army officer)|Mike Jackson]], English general (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former army head General Sir Mike Jackson dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8djnnel017o |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=www.bbc.com |date=15 October 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2023)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner]], English lawyer
*  1945   &ndash; [[Charles Greene (athlete)|Charles Greene]], American sprinter and coach (died 2022)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Rose Stone]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Timothy Dalton]], Welsh-English actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 21, 2023 includes celebrities Gary Oldman, Timothy Dalton |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-21-2023-includes-celebrities-gary-oldman-timothy-dalton.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=19 March 2024 |date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ray Dorset]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1946   &ndash; [[Joseph Mitsuaki Takami]], Japanese cardinal
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[George Johnston (footballer, born 1947)|George Johnston]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/george-johnston-29182/|title=George Johnston|website=11v11.com|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Scott Fahlman]], American computer scientist and academic
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Alvin Kallicharran]], Guyanese cricketer and coach
*  1949   &ndash; [[Andy Love]], Scottish-English politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Eddie Money]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Slavoj Žižek]], Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, and academic
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Roger Hodgson]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Sergey Lavrov]], Russian politician and diplomat, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*  1950   &ndash; [[Ron Oden]], American minister and politician, 19th [[Mayor of Palm Springs]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Conrad Lozano]], American bass player<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Russell Thompkins Jr.]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Steve Furber]], English computer scientist and academic
*  1953   &ndash; [[Paul Martin Lester]], American photographer, author, and educator (died 2023)
*  1953   &ndash; [[David Wisniewski]], English-American author and illustrator (died 2002)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]], Thai politician, [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thaigov.go.th/aboutus/current|title=Prayut Chan-o-cha|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Mike Dunleavy Sr.]], American basketball player, coach, and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Dunleavy |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76616/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Steve Sheppard]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Sheppard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78135/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Fadi Abboud]], Lebanese economist and politician
*  1955   &ndash; [[Bob Bennett (singer-songwriter)|Bob Bennett]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jair Bolsonaro]], Brazilian politician and retired military officer, 38th [[President of Brazil]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brazil.gov.br/government/president|title=Biography President|website=Brazil Government|access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Dimitrios Papadimoulis]], Greek politician
*  1955   &ndash; [[Bärbel Wöckel]], German sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel|url=https://www.olympic.org/barbel-eckert-wockel|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Dick Beardsley]], American runner
*  1956   &ndash; [[Guy Chadwick]], German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1956   &ndash; [[Richard H. Kirk]], English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2021)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Ingrid Kristiansen]], Norwegian runner
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Marlies Göhr]], German sprinter
*  1958   &ndash; [[Brad Hall]], American comedian, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Gary Oldman]], English actor, filmmaker, musician, and author<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Sarah Jane Morris (singer)|Sarah Jane Morris]], English singer-songwriter
*  1959   &ndash; [[Yuval Rotem]], Israeli diplomat
*  1959   &ndash; [[Nobuo Uematsu]], Japanese keyboard player and composer
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Benito T. de Leon]], Filipino general
*  1960   &ndash; [[Marwan Farhat]], Syrian actor and voice actor
*  1960   &ndash; [[Raivo Puusepp]], Estonian architect
*  1960   &ndash; [[Ayrton Senna]], Brazilian race car driver (died 1994)
*  1960   &ndash; [[Robert Sweet (musician)|Robert Sweet]], American drummer and producer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Kassie DePaiva]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Lothar Matthäus]], German footballer and manager
*  1961   &ndash; [[Gary O'Reilly]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/gary-o-reilly-6714/league-appearances-for-spurs_a17191/|title=Gary O'Reilly|website=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Kim Turner (athlete)|Kim Turner]], American hurdler
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Farahnaz Bahrami]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Representanter og komiteer: Representant - Bahrami, Farahnaz (1962-) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=FB |publisher=[[Storting]] |access-date=14 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001142340/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=FB |archive-date=1 October 2025 |location=Oslo, Norway |language=no}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Matthew Broderick]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Kathy Greenwood]], Canadian actress and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Rosie O'Donnell]], American actress, producer, and talk show host<ref name="AP"/>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Mark Waid]], American author
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Shawon Dunston]], American baseball player
*  1963   &ndash; [[Ronald Koeman]], Dutch footballer and manager
*  1963   &ndash; [[Shawn Lane]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2003)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Share Pedersen]], American bass player 
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Ieuan Evans]], Welsh rugby player
*  1964   &ndash; [[Jesper Skibby]], Danish cyclist
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Xavier Bertrand]], French businessman and politician, [[Minister of Social Affairs (France)|French Minister of Social Affairs]]
*  1965   &ndash; [[Thomas Frank (political commentator)|Thomas Frank]], American author, historian and political analyst 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Cynthia Geary]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Benito Archundia]], Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist
*  1966   &ndash; [[Hauke Fuhlbrügge]], German runner
*  1966   &ndash; [[Al Iafrate]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Iafrate |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/al-iafrate-8448124 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Moa Matthis]], Swedish author
*  1966   &ndash; [[Matthew Maynard]], English cricketer and coach 
*  1966   &ndash; [[DJ Premier]], American DJ and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Jonas Berggren]], Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Carwyn Jones]], Welsh lawyer and politician, [[First Minister of Wales]]
*  1967   &ndash; [[Maxim (musician)|Maxim]], English musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Mirela Rupic]], American costume and fashion designer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Cameron Clyne]], Australian businessman
*  1968   &ndash; [[Andrew Copeland]], American singer and musician<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Greg Ellis (actor)|Greg Ellis]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter
*  1968   &ndash; [[Johan Garpenlöv]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Johan Garpenlov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/johan-garpenlov-8447071 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Tolunay Kafkas]], Turkish footballer and manager
*  1968   &ndash; [[Gary Walsh]], English footballer and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Scott Williams (basketball)|Scott Williams]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Jonah Goldberg]], American journalist and author
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Shiho Niiyama]], Japanese voice actress (died 2000)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Cenk Uygur]], Turkish-American political activist
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Zsolt Kürtösi]], Hungarian decathlete
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Chris Candido]], American wrestler (died 2005)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Balázs Kiss (athlete)|Balázs Kiss]], Hungarian hammer thrower
*  1972   &ndash; [[Boris Mironov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Boris Mironov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/boris-mironov-8458963 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Derartu Tulu]], Ethiopian runner
*  1972   &ndash; [[Graeme Welch]], English cricketer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Ananda Lewis]], American television host (died 2025)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Stuart Nethercott]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5820|title=Stuart Nethercott|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Large Professor]], American rapper and producer 
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Laura Allen]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Rhys Darby]], New Zealand comedian and actor
*  1974   &ndash; [[Dejima Takeharu]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Michale Graves]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Corné Krige]], South African rugby player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Fabricio Oberto]], Argentinian-Italian basketball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Vitaly Potapenko]], Ukrainian basketball player and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]], Welsh snooker player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Rachael MacFarlane]], American voice actress and singer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Bamboo Mañalac]], Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Tekin Sazlog]], German-Turkish footballer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Bruno Cirillo]], Italian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jamie Delgado]], English tennis player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Sally Barsosio]], Kenyan runner
*  1978   &ndash; [[Charmaine Dragun]], Australian journalist (died 2007)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Kevin Federline]], American dancer and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Mark |title=Kevin Federline Celebrates 40th Birthday at Las Vegas Strip Club Amid Child Support Dispute |url=https://people.com/music/kevin-federline-40th-birthday-at-las-vegas-strip-club/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=9 March 2023 |date=25 March 2018}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Cristian Guzmán]], Dominican baseball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Joyce Jimenez]], Filipino movie and TV actress
*  1978   &ndash; [[Mohammad Rezaei (wrestler, born 1978)|Mohammad Rezaei]], Iranian wrestler
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Goran Bezina]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Goran Bezina |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/goran-bezina-8468107 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Marit Bjørgen]], Norwegian skier
*  1980   &ndash; [[Lee Jin]], South Korean singer and actress 
*  1980   &ndash; [[Ronaldinho]], Brazilian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Deryck Whibley]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Chavanel]], French cyclist
*  1981   &ndash; [[Germano (footballer, born 1981)|Germano]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Maria Elena Camerin]], Italian tennis player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Ejegayehu Dibaba]], Ethiopian runner
*  1982   &ndash; [[Aaron Hill (baseball)|Aaron Hill]], American baseball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Colin Turkington]], Northern Irish race car driver
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Jean Ondoa]], Cameroonian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Lucila Pascua]], Spanish basketball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Tarence Kinsey]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tarence Kinsey |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200814/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez]], Uruguayan footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Ryan Callahan]], American ice hockey player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Sonequa Martin-Green]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Adrian Peterson]], American football player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Romanos Alyfantis]], Greek swimmer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Scott Eastwood]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou]], Greek pole vaulter
*  1986   &ndash; [[Michu]], Spanish footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carlos Carrasco]], Venezuelan baseball pitcher
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Solomon Alabi]], Nigerian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Solomon Alabi |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202374/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*1988 &ndash; [[Kateřina Čechová]], Czech sprinter
*  1988   &ndash; [[Erik Johnson]], American ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Eric Krüger]], German sprinter
*  1988   &ndash; [[Michael Madl]], Austrian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=60256|title=Michael Madl|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jordi Alba]], Spanish footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Nicolás Lodeiro]], Uruguayan footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Takeru Satoh]], Japanese actor
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Mandy Capristo]], German singer-songwriter and dancer 
*  1990   &ndash; [[Ryann Krais]], American runner and heptathlete
*  1990   &ndash; [[Darius Miller]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Miller |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203121/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Alex Nimo]], Liberian-American soccer player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Luke Chapman]], English footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Antoine Griezmann]], French footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Lehlogonolo Masalesa]], South African footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Chiney Ogwumike]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiney Ogwumike |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/203823/chiney-ogwumike |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Karolína Plíšková]], Czech tennis player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Kristýna Plíšková]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/313975/kristyna-pliskova|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Kristýna Plíšková|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Sven Andrighetto]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sven Andrighetto |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sven-andrighetto-8477413 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Jake Bidwell]], English footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Jesse Joronen]], Finnish footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Frankie Montas]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Montas |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/frankie-montas-593423 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Jasmin Savoy Brown]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[RJ Cyler]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Nick Mullens]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Mullens Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MullNi00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Mirco Müller]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirco Mueller |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mirco-mueller-8477509 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Aurora Mikalsen]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norway - A. Mikalsen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/234712/|access-date=2021-02-16|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Nat Phillips]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathaniel Phillips |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14051/Nathaniel-Phillips/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Martina Stoessel]], Argentine singer and actress
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Miles Bridges]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miles Bridges |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628970/miles-bridges |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Jace Norman]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Yoon San-ha]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite web|title=아스트로 문빈·산하, '아이돌라디오2'서 역대급 티키타카|url=https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2022/enter/article/6352223_35708.html|work=[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]연예|date=22 March 2022|access-date=1 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Abbi Pulling]], English racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbi Pulling |url=https://wseries.com/drivers/abbi-pulling/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=W Series |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714204010/https://wseries.com/drivers/abbi-pulling/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Ethan Nwaneri]], English footballer

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[543]] or [[547]] &ndash; [[Benedict of Nursia]], Italian saint (born 480)
* [[867]] &ndash; [[Ælla of Northumbria|Ælla]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
*   867   &ndash; [[Osberht of Northumbria|Osberht]], king of Northumbria
*[[1034]] &ndash; [[Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia]] (born 955)
*[[1063]] &ndash; [[Richeza of Lotharingia]] (born 995)
*[[1076]] &ndash; [[Robert I, Duke of Burgundy]] (born 1011)
*[[1201]] &ndash; [[Absalon]], Danish archbishop (born c. 1128)
*[[1306]] &ndash; [[Robert II, Duke of Burgundy]] (born 1248)
*[[1372]] &ndash; [[Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden]]
*[[1487]] &ndash; [[Nicholas of Flüe]], Swiss monk and saint (born 1417)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford]], English peer and courtier (born c. 1482)
*[[1556]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cranmer]], English archbishop (born 1489)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Bayly Howell|title=A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1820. (etc.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVdTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA813|year=1816|publisher=Longman|pages=813}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Odet de Coligny]], French cardinal and Protestant (born 1517)

===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Pocahontas]], Algonquian Indigenous woman (born c. 1595)
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha]], Albanian politician, [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]]
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[James Ussher]], Irish archbishop (born 1581)
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Henri Sauval]], French historian and author (born 1623)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[John Law (economist)|John Law]], Scottish-French economist and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (born 1671)
*  1729   &ndash; [[Elżbieta Sieniawska]], politically influential Polish magnate (born 1669)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[Robert Wodrow]], Scottish historian and author (born 1679)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Johann Heinrich Zedler]], German publisher (born 1706)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Gio Nicola Buhagiar]], Maltese painter (born 1698)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]]|isbn=9789993291329|pages=339–340}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Louis de Lacaille]], French priest, astronomer, and academic (born 1713)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Nicolas Bellin]], French geographer and cartographer (born 1703)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Arduino (geologist)|Giovanni Arduino]], Italian miner and geologist (born 1714)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Andrea Luchesi]], Italian composer and educator (born 1741)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien]] (born 1772)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Robert Southey]], English poet, historian, and translator (born 1774)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ms Lynda Pratt|title=Robert Southey and the Contexts of English Romanticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOahAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=28 April 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-8960-3|pages=219}}</ref>
*  1843   &ndash; [[Guadalupe Victoria]], Mexican general and politician, 1st [[President of Mexico]] (born 1786)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Pedro María de Anaya]], Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (born 1795)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10068/Pedro%20Maria%20Anaya|title=Pedro María Anaya|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Edwin Vose Sumner]], American general (born 1797)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Juan Almonte]], son of [[José María Morelos]], was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a [[regent]] in the [[Second Mexican Empire]] (1863-1864) (born 1803)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10089/Juan%20Nepomuceno%20Almonte|title=Juan Nepomuceno Almonte|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Ezra Abbot]], American scholar and academic (born 1819)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Joseph E. Johnston]], American general (born 1807)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Annibale de Gasparis]], Italian astronomer (born 1819){{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Frederick Winslow Taylor]], American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (born 1856)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Evelina Haverfield]], British suffragette and aid worker (born 1867)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Thomas Oikonomou]], Greek actor (born 1864)<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Ο ΕΡΡΙΚΟΣ ΙΨΕΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ |last=Μόσχος |first=Γιάννης |date=2012-03-01 |degree=PhD |publisher=Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, Τμήμα Θεάτρου |url=http://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/130022/files/Mosxos.pdf |place=Θεσσαλονίκη |language=el}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Enrico D'Ovidio]], Italian mathematician (born 1842)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enrico D'Ovidio |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/DOvidio/poster/died/ |website=MacTutor History of Mathematics |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Franz Schreker]], Austrian composer and conductor (born 1878)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Lilyan Tashman]], American actress (born 1896)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Alexander Glazunov]], Russian composer and conductor (born 1865)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Evald Aav]], Estonian composer and conductor (born 1900)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ali Hikmet Ayerdem]], Turkish general and politician (born 1877)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Cornelia Fort]], American soldier and pilot (born 1919)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Arthur Nebe]], German [[SS]] officer (born 1894)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Henry Hanna]], Irish Judge, photographer and author (born 1871)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Belfast_News-Letter/1946/Mr._Henry_Hanna_K.C. |title=Belfast News-Letter/1946/Mr. Henry Hanna K.C. |publisher=[[Wikisource]] |date=1946-03-22 |accessdate=2024-03-31 }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Willem Mengelberg]], Dutch conductor and composer (born 1871)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Ed Voss]], American basketball player (born 1922)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Hatı Çırpan]], Turkish politician (born 1890)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Cyril M. Kornbluth]], American soldier and author (born 1923)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Manolis Chiotis]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player (born 1920)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Joe Medwick]], American baseball player and coach (born 1911)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/22/archives/ducky-meduwick-slugger-for-gas-house-gang-dies-a-controversial.html |title=Ducky Medwick, Slugger For Gas House Gang, Dies |date=March 22, 1975 |work=New York Times |accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]], President of Ireland (born 1911)<ref>{{cite book|title=Formal Hearings of the Court of Justice of the European Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxtOAQAAMAAJ|year=1980|page=106}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Peter Stoner]], American mathematician and astronomer (born 1888)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Michael Redgrave]], English actor, director, and manager (born 1908)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Walter L. Gordon]], Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Finance]] (born 1906)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], American captain, actor, and singer (born 1918)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Vedat Dalokay]], Turkish architect and politician, [[List of mayors of Ankara|Mayor of Ankara]] (born 1927)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Leo Fender]], American businessman, founded [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation]] (born 1909)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[John Ireland (actor)|John Ireland]], Canadian-American actor and director (born 1914)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Natalie Sleeth]], American pianist and composer (born 1930)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Macdonald Carey]], American actor (born 1913)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Lili Damita]], French-American actress and singer (born 1904)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Aleksandrs Laime]], [[Latvia]]n-born explorer (born 1911)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://volarmagazine.com/la_expedicion_olvidada_al_salto_angel_de_ruth_robertson_y_alexander_laime.html|title=ALEKSANDRS LAIME|last1=LAIME|first1=ALEKSANDRS|website=VOLAR|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Wilbert Awdry]], English cleric and author, created ''[[The Railway Series]]'', the basis for ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' (born 1911)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Galina Ulanova]], Russian ballerina (born 1910)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jean Guitton]], French philosopher and author (born 1905)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Ernie Wise]], English comedian and actor (born 1925)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Chung Ju-yung]], South Korean businessman, founded [[Hyundai Group|Hyundai]] (born 1915)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Anthony Steel (actor)|Anthony Steel]], English actor and singer (born 1920)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Herman Talmadge]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th [[Governor of Georgia]] (born 1913)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Shivani]], Indian author (born 1923)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Umar Wirahadikusumah]], Indonesian general and politician, 4th [[Vice President of Indonesia]] (born 1924)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ludmilla Tchérina]], French actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1924)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Barney Martin]], American police officer and actor (born 1923)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Bobby Short]], American singer and pianist (born 1924)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Drew Hayes]], American author and illustrator (born 1969)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Sven O. Høiby]], Norwegian hurdler and journalist (born 1936)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Denis Cosgrove]], English-American geographer and academic (born 1948)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente]], Chilean architect and academic (born 1931)
*  2008   &ndash; [[John List (serial killer)|John List]], American murderer (born 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/nyregion/25list1.html |title=John E. List, 82, Killer of 5 Family Members, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2013|last1=Stout |first1=David }}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Mohit Sharma (soldier)|Mohit Sharma]], Indian army officer (born 1978)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm|title=Mohit Sharma, SM|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322144836/http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm|archive-date=2018-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Walt Poddubny]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1960)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Wagner]], German director and manager (born 1919)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Loleatta Holloway]], American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Gerd Klier]], German footballer (born 1944)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Ladislav Novák]], Czech footballer and manager (born 1931)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Pinetop Perkins]], American singer and pianist (born 1913)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Albrecht Dietz]], German economist and businessman (born 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ron Erhardt]], American football player and coach (born 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Robert Fuest]], English director, screenwriter, and production designer (born 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Tonino Guerra]], Italian poet and screenwriter (born 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Irving Louis Horowitz]], American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1929)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Yuri Razuvaev]], Russian chess player and trainer (born 1945)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Marina Salye]], Russian geologist and politician (born 1934)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Chinua Achebe]], Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Rick Hautala]], American author and screenwriter (born 1949)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Harlon Hill]], American football player and coach (born 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Pietro Mennea]], Italian sprinter and politician (born 1952)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Giancarlo Zagni]], Italian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Qoriniasi Bale]], Fijian lawyer and politician, 25th [[Attorney General of Fiji|Attorney-General of Fiji]] (born 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Bill Boedeker]], American football player and soldier (born 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jack Fleck]], American golfer (born 1921)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Simeon Oduoye]], Nigerian police officer and politician (born 1945)
*  2014   &ndash; [[James Rebhorn]], American actor (born 1948)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ignatius Zakka I Iwas]], Iraqi patriarch (born 1933)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Ishaya Bakut]], Nigerian general and politician, [[List of Governors of Benue State|Governor of Benue State]] (born 1947)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Chuck Bednarik]], American lieutenant and football player (born 1925)
*  2015   &ndash; [[James C. Binnicker]], American sergeant (born 1938)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Hans Erni]], Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1909)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jørgen Ingmann]], Danish singer and guitarist (born 1925)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alberta Watson]], Canadian actress (born 1955)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Chuck Barris]], American game show host and producer (born 1929)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Colin Dexter]], English author (born 1930)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Martin McGuinness]], Irish republican and [[First Minister and deputy First Minister|deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland]] (born 1950)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Mike Hall (cyclist)|Mike Hall]], British cyclist (born 1981)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45622381|title=Mike Hall: UK cyclist died instantly in race collision, inquest told|work=BBC News |date=25 September 2018 |access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Victor Hochhauser]] CBE, British music promoter (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/24/victor-hochhauser-obituary|title=Victor Hochhauser obituary|website=The Guardian|date=2019-03-24|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Gonzalo Portocarrero]], Peruvian sociologist (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1434875-fallecio-reconocido-sociologo-gonzalo-portocarrero-producto-cancer|title=Falleció Gonzalo Portocarrero, reconocido sociólogo de la PUCP|date=2019-03-21|access-date=2019-03-24|publisher=La República|language=es}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Nawal El Saadawi]], Egyptian secularist, feminist (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Willis Reed]], American basketball player (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Araton |first=Harvey |date=2023-03-21 |title=Willis Reed, Hall of Fame Center for Champion Knicks, Dies at 80 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/sports/basketball/willis-reed-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Kitty Dukakis]], American author, [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Massachusetts|First Lady of Massachusetts]] (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2025 |title=Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Massachusetts, dies at 88 |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kitty-dukakis-former-first-lady-of-massachusetts-dies-at-88 |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[PBS News]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[George Foreman]], American boxer, actor, and businessman (born 1949)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mather |first1=Victor |title=George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/sports/george-foreman-dead.html |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 21, 2025}}</ref>
*[[2026]] &ndash; [[Michael Lyster]], Irish radio and television broadcaster (born 1954)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clerkin |first=Malachy |date=March 22, 2026 |title=Michael Lyster, long-time presenter of The Sunday Game, dies aged 71 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/03/22/michael-lyster-long-time-presenter-of-the-sunday-game-dies-aged-71/ |access-date=April 9, 2026 |website=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
*2026 &ndash; [[Rhoda Roberts]], Australian arts executive (born 1959)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dumas |first=Daisy |date=March 21, 2026 |title=Rhoda Roberts, Indigenous cultural leader who introduced the term ‘welcome to country’, dies aged 66 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/21/rhoda-roberts-indigenous-cultural-leader-who-introduced-the-term-welcome-to-country-dies-aged-66 |access-date=April 10, 2026 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Arbor Day#Lesotho|Arbor Day]] ([[Lesotho]])
*[[Arbor Day#Portugal|Arbor Day]] ([[Portugal]])
* Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Augustine Zhao Rong]]<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |pages=199-200 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/198/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref>
**[[Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello]]<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" />
**Passing of Saint [[Benedict of Nursia|Benedict]] ([[Benedictines|Order of Saint Benedict]], pre-1970 Calendar)
**[[Birillus]]
**[[Enda of Aran]]<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" />
**[[Nicholas of Flüe]]<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" />
**[[Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis|Serapion of Thmuis]]
**[[Thomas Cranmer]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Anglicanism]])
**[[March 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Early music]]
*[[Education Freedom Day]]
*[[Harmony Day]] ([[Australia]])
*[[Human Rights Day]] ([[South Africa]])
*[[Independence Day (Namibia)|Independence Day]] ([[Namibia]])
*[[International Colour Day]] ([[Lists of holidays|International]])
*[[International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination]] ([[Lists of holidays|International]])<ref name=un>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[International Day of Forests]] ([[Lists of holidays|International]]), by proclamation of the [[United Nations General Assembly]]
*[[Mother's Day]] (most of the [[Arab world]])
*[[Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)#Natalicio de Benito Juárez|Natalicio de Benito Juárez]], one of [[Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)|Fiestas Patrias]] ([[Mexico]])
*[[Oltenia Day]] ([[Romania]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2020/03/21/ziua-olteniei--470704|title=Ziua Olteniei|newspaper=[[Agerpres]]|date=21 March 2020|language=ro}}</ref>
*[[Rosie the Riveter]] Day ([[United States]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/20/richmond-rosie-the-riveter-getting-national-day-of-recognition-on-march-21/|title=Richmond: Rosie the Riveter getting national day of recognition on March 21|last=Treadway|first=Chris|work=[[East Bay Times]]|date=March 20, 2017|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Truancy|Truant's Day]] ([[Poland]], [[Faroe Islands]])
*[[March equinox|Vernal equinox]] related observances ''(see also [[March 20]])''
*World Day for Glaciers<ref>{{cite web |title=World Day for Glaciers |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/days/world-glaciers |website=www.uneco.org |access-date=21 March 2025 |language=en |date=20 March 2025}}</ref> ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un />
*[[World Down Syndrome Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un />
*[[World Poetry Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un />
*[[World Puppetry Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un />
*[[Youth Day]] ([[Tunisia]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/21/ BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=21}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/21 Historical Events on March 21]

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[[Category:Days of March]]