March 21st in History
March 21st in History
- 1918: Offensive on the Somme begins, the last major offensive of World War I
- 1963: Alcatraz, maximum security prison on the island in San Francisco Bay, closes after 29 years
March 21st birthdays
- 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
- 1869: Florenz Ziegfield, American impresario
- 1946: Timothy Dalton, English actor
- 1963: Matthew Broderick, American actor
