On This Very Day...

March 21st

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  • 630

    Byzantine Emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem.

  • 1349

    Black Death Massacre in Erfurt, Germany kills up to 3,000 Jews.

  • 1788

    Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans.

  • 1821

    Hudson Bay Company merges with North West Company.

  • 1824

    Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses.

  • 1871

    Henry Morton Stanley begins expedition to Africa.

  • 1913

    Flood in Ohio kills 400.

  • 1934

    Fire in Hakodate, Japan kills 1,500.

  • 1951

    2.9 million US soldiers in Korea.

  • 1961

    Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns.

  • 1963

    Alcatraz prison is closed.

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  • 1990

    'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' opens in NYC for 149 performances.

  • 2006

    First tweet sent by Jack Dorsey: 'just setting up my twttr'.

  • 2019

    Chemical factory explosion in China kills 78, injures 617.

  • 2022

    178 wildfires burn over 108,000 acres in southwest Texas.

  • 2022

    China Eastern Airlines jetliner crashes, 132 onboard.

  • 1970

    First Earth Day celebrated, now observed globally.

  • 1952

    World's first rock and roll concert held in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • 1851

    Yosemite Valley discovered in California.

  • 1857

    Earthquake in Tokyo kills about 107,000.

  • 1966

    Demolition for World Trade Center begins in NY.

  • 1994

    Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.

  • 2001

    Nintendo releases Game Boy Advance.

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