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What happened in history on this day: March 21?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 21 in ...
- 1989 - In San Francisco Federal District Court, Judge William Schwarzer rules that Microsoft Windows 2.03 is not covered in the Apple Computer / Microsoft 1985 technology licensing agreement. The judge rules that only Windows 1.0 as it appeared in November 1985 was covered, and that Windows 2.03 is fundamentally different. This allows the issue to proceed to trial, in the suit of Apple Computer against Microsoft filed in March 1988.
- 1994 - Novell announces it is acquiring WordPerfect Corporation for US$1.4 billion, and will acquire Quattro Pro from Borland International for US$145 million.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, with "ergonomic" keyboard and LCD monitor.
- 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Two desktop computers are used at a school, with a person adding to a web site blog.
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice in the Alps to theaters.
- 1947 - The Pluto film Rescue Dog is released.
- 1952 - The Chip 'n' Dale film Two Chips and a Miss is released.
- 1956 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Documentary, Short Subjects) for the film Men Against the Arctic.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled The Goofy Sports Story.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part two.
- 1968 - Buena Vista shows the live-action feature film The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in selected theaters. Goldie Hawn has her feature film debut.
- 1969 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film Smith! to theaters.
- 1975 - The Mission to Mars attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1975 - Buena Vista Distribution releases the Walt Disney Productions live-action feature film Escape to Witch Mountain to theaters in the US. The film is based on the book by Alexander Key.
- 1983 - The TV series Small & Frye is temporarily cancelled.
- 1985 - The ABC TV network debuts the Wildside series.
- 1986 - Disney releases the animated film The Wuzzles, Bulls of a Feather to theaters in Britain.
- 1994 - The Disney Village Clubhouse closes.
- 1994 - The Buena Vista Club golf club at Lake Buena Vista closes.
- 1995 - The NBC TV network begins airing the Disney series Pride & Joy.
- 1995 - A new production of the Beauty and the Beast stage show opens at the Shubert Theater in Los Angeles.
- 1997 - Carnation Café opens on Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland.
- 1997 - The Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor opens on Main Street at Disneyland.
- 1997 - The Blue Ribbon Bakery in Disneyland re-opens.
- 1998 - Redd Rockett's Pizza Port opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 2003 - Disney releases the animated feature film Piglet's Big Movie to theaters in the US.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A movie theater is showing the Disney film The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
- 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Several short clips of famous (or made up) romance movie scenes appear, including Lady and the Tramp, and Wall-E.
- 2014 - The Disney Channel airs the last A.N.T. Farm episode.
- 1957 - The XP-64, now called the Corvette SS, is officially released for management viewing.
- 1964 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held.
- Finishing 1st in Grand Touring +5000 class, 16th overall, is the Nickey Chevrolet #9 Corvette, driven by Skip Hudson and Jerry Grant.
- Finishing 4th in Prototype GT +3000 class, 18th overall, is the McKean Chevrolet #4 Corvette Grand Sport #005, driven by Roger Penske and Jim Hall.
- Finishing 5th in Prototype GT +3000 class, 23rd overall, is the Mecom Racing Team #2 Corvette Grand Sport #003, driven by A.J. Foyt and John Cannon. Foyt started the race in 62nd place; by the end of the first lap, he had passed 50 cars, setting a new record.
- Finishing 6th in Prototype GT +3000 class, 32nd overall, is the Johnson Chevrolet #3 Corvette Grand Sport #004, driven by Delmo Johnson and Dave Morgan.
- George Robertson and Dick Boo drive Robertson's #6 Corvette in Grand Touring +5000 class. After 52 laps, the car retires with a failed clutch. They place 51st overall.
- 1970 - In Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held.
- Finishing 1st in Grand Touring +5000 class, 10th overall, is the Troy Promotions #1 Corvette, driven by Tony DeLorenzo and Dick Lang. They set a new distance record for GT class. Tony DeLorenzo is clocked at 197 mph, making this Corvette the fastest to date.
- Finishing 2nd in Grand Touring +5000 class, 11th overall, is the Doug Bergen Racing #3 black 1969 L88 Corvette, driven by Bob Johnson, Robert Johnson, and Jim Greendyke.
- Finishing 4th in Grand Touring +5000 class, 20th overall, is the Troy Promotions #2 Corvette, driven by Jerry Thompson and John Mahler.
- Dave Heinz and Or Costanzo race Costanzo's #8 1969 Corvette L-88 in Grand Touring +5000 class. The crankshaft breaks after 191 laps, near the end of the race. They place 37th overall.
- John Greenwood and Allan Barker race Greenwood's #4 Corvette in Grand Touring +5000 class. After 159 laps, the car is out due to a failed clutch. They place 38th overall.
- Bill Schumacher and Bill Petree race Schumacher's #5 Corvette in Grand Touring +5000 class. After 34 laps, the car is out due to engine failure. They place 55th overall.
- 1975 - At the Sebring International Raceway, in Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held.
- Finishing 14th in GTO class and 20th overall is the Bill Arnold #72 Corvette driven by Bill Arnold and Wiley Doran.
- Finishing 16th in GTO class and 23rd overall is the Dennis Stefl #86 Corvette driven by Dennis Stefl and Robert Fordyce.
- Finishing 20th in GTO class and 27th overall is the E. F. Miller & Co. #32 Corvette driven by John Orr and Bill Jobe.
- Finishing 22nd in GTO class and 33rd overall is the John Carusso #48 Corvette driven by John Carusso, Dick Vreeland, and Luis Sereix.
- Finishing 23rd in GTO class and 34th overall is the Robert E. Davis #27 Corvette driven by Robert E. Davis, Tico Almeida, and Joseph DeGirolamo.
- Placing 27th in GTO class and 40th overall is the Ford Smith #12 Corvette driven by Ford Smith, Clay Young, and Bennett Aiken. The car is not running at the finish.
- Placing 31st in GTO class and 45th overall is the Kidd-America Racing #76 Corvette driven by Burt Greenwood, Scott Voeltz, and Dana English. The car is not running at the finish due to an accident.
- Placing 33rd in GTO class and 48th overall is the Scott Chapman #62 Corvette driven by Scott Chapman, Bill Hood, and Bobby Dumont. The car is not running at the finish due to engine failure.
- Placing 38th in GTO class and 56th overall is the John Greenwood #75 Corvette driven by John Greenwood and Jerry Thompson. The car is not running at the finish due to running out of fuel.
- Placing 44th in GTO class and 65th overall is the Dale Kreider #22 Corvette driven by Dale Kreider and Bob DeMarco. The car is not running at the finish.
- Placing 45th in GTO class and 66th overall is the Tony Ansley #9 Corvette driven by Tony Ansley. The car is not running at the finish.
- 1981 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 29th Annual Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring Camel GT race is held.
- Finishing 7th in GTX class 23rd overall is the USA Racing #68 Corvette driven by Richard Valentine and Maurice Carter.
- Placing 19th in GTO class 55th overall is the Sanyo/Russ Boy #93 Corvette driven by John Carusso, Russ Boy, and Rex Ramsey. The car is not running at the finish due to mechanical problems.
- Placing 26th in GTO class 70th overall is the Vette Brakes #89 Corvette driven by Al Levenson. The car is not running at the finish.
- Placing 27th in GTO class 71st overall is the Cotrone Racing Enterprises #42 Corvette driven by Joe Cotrone and Kal Showket. The car is not running at the finish.
- Placing 29th in GTO class 73rd overall is the Sharkskin Racing #61 Corvette driven by C. C. Canada. The car is not running at the finish.
- Placing 30th in GTO class 77th overall is the Garcia Racing #13 Corvette driven by John Lino. The car is not running at the finish due to electrical problems.
- 1987 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance race is held.
- Finishing 7th in GTO class and 21st overall is the Morrison-Cook Motorsport #87 Corvette driven by Tommy Morrison, Stu Hayner, Don Knowles, and Bob McConnell.
- Finishing 12th in GTO class and 41st overall is the C A R Enterprises #24 Corvette driven by Craig Rubright, Garrett Jenkins, and Roy Newsome.
- Placing 19th in GTO class and 57th overall is the Quality Motorsports #51 Corvette driven by Dave Heinz and Bob Young. The car is not running at the finish.
- Placing 28th in GTO class and 72nd overall is the Morrison-Cook Motorsport #88 Corvette driven by John Heinricy. The car is not running at the finish due to engine failure.
- 1945 - British bombers attack railway yards at Rheine, Germany.
- 1945 - 160 British bombers attack railway yards at Münster, Germany.
- 1945 - British bombers attack Hildesheim, Germany, the only time of the war. Seventy percent of the town is destroyed.
- 1964 - France issues two postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting a concentration camp and resistance memorial.
- 2001 - In Japan, Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance handheld video game system. It features 32-bit ARM processor, and 240 x 160 pixel 32,000-color display. A Link Cable allows four players to play together on certain games. Size is 3.25 x 5.6 inches; weight is 140 grams. Two AA batteries power the system for about 15 hours. Price is 9800 yen.
- 2005 - CBS Television airs the CSI: Miami TV show in the USA. The episode involves a video game studio developing a skate board game called Skate Park Extreme. A controller appears to be for a PlayStation 2 or Xbox.
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Cold Fear video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Tetris DS video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2006 - Konami releases the Metal Gear Acid 2 video game for the PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2014 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Infamous: Second Son video game for the PlayStation 4 in the USA.
- 1632 - King Gustav Adolf's army of 40,000 enters Nuremburg to a welcome reception, with a gift of four cannons. The army continues its march southward in the evening.
- 1716 - Swedish forces capture Oslo.
- 1801 - Matthew Boulton of England ships 20 tons of copper planchets to the US Mint.
- 1964 - The US Treasury announces it is now redeeming silver certificates for silver dollars at a rate of 1 million coins per day, and will exhaust its supply in two weeks.
- 2022 - The US Mint announces that 2022 American Women, Dr. Sally Ride quarter dollars have been shipped to the Federal Reserve for general circulation distribution.
- 1909 - Moran and MacFarland (US) win Europe's first six-day bicycle race (Berlin).
- 1914 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld.
- 1914 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Norman M Scott.
- 1931 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1931 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 1934 - Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in a Philadelphia Athletics - Brooklyn Dodgers exhibition game: Walks 1, hits the next guy, third guy hits into triple-play.
- 1941 - Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in 13 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1947 - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand versus England at Christchurch.
- 1953 - NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston Celtics - Syracuse Nationals).
- 1955 - The Brooklyn Bulletin asks Brooklyn Dodgers' fans not to call their team "Bums".
- 1959 - 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70.
- 1961 - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for record US$3,925,000.
- 1962 - Philadelphia Phillies retires pitcher Robin Roberts' number 36.
- 1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83.
- 1964 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0).
- 1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
- 1968 - "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City American League Baseball franchise.
- 1970 - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69.
- 1971 - Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown.
- 1971 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1973 - Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1975 - Georgia Tech blanks Earklham, 41-0, setting the NCAA mark for the largest margin of victory.
- 1978 - San Diego Padres fire Al Dark (second manager ever fired during spring training).
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- 1982 - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard.
- 1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1984 - Border scores 100 versus West Indies Trinidad after 98 in first cricket innings.
- 1984 - NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebrating rule.
- 1985 - 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.
- 1985 - Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame.
- 1986 - Karin Kania (German Democratic Republic) skates ladies world record 500 metre (39.52 seconds) and 3 km (4:18.02).
- 1986 - Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for US$218 million.
- 1987 - PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (17 million gulden).
- 1992 - Second WLAF season begins.
- 1992 - Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul New Zealand in exciting World Cup semi.
- 1993 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament.
- 1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
- 1997 - World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Russia).
- 1997 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (Germany).
- 1997 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA). Tara Lipinski, 14, becomes the youngest women's world figure skating champion.
- 1997 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (Canada).
- 2010 - Joe Mauer, American League Most Valuable Player in US Major League Baseball, agrees to an eight-year, US$184-million contract extension with the Minnesota Twins.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Anaheim Ducks by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Edmonton Oilers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Montreal Canadiens by score 3-2.
- 1965 - US Ranger 9 launched, last American unmanned lunar space probe; will take 5,814 pictures before lunar impact.
- 1913 - Flood in Ohio, USA, kills 400.
- 1952 - Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths.
- 1790 - Thomas Jefferson reports to President George Washington in New York as Secretary of State.
- 1791 - Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in US Navy.
- 1851 - Yosemite Valley discovered in California.
- 1859 - Zoological Society of Philadelphia, first in US, is incorporated.
- 1864 - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids), Louisiana.
- 1865 - Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1868 - First US professional women's club, Sorosis, is founded in New York City, New York.
- 1891 - A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia; it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years.
- 1898 - American Naval Court of Inquiry concludes battleship Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor by a submerged mine.
- 1907 - US invades Honduras.
- 1913 - Flood in Ohio, USA, kills 400.
- 1924 - First foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, New York City, New York).
- 1924 - Mass Investors Trust becomes first mutual fund set up in US.
- 1928 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the US Congressional Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1937 - Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade.
- 1946 - United Nations sets up temporary headquarters at Hunter College (Bronx).
- 1947 - US President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to swear allegiance to the United States.
- 1952 - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend first rock and roll concert ever.
- 1952 - Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths.
- 1958 - First presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award.
- 1963 - Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California closed.
- 1964 - The US Treasury announces it is now redeeming silver certificates for silver dollars at a rate of 1 million coins per day, and will exhaust its supply in two weeks.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 - US Ranger 9 launched, last American unmanned lunar space probe; will take 5,814 pictures before lunar impact.
- 1966 - US Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts' ruling that film Fanny Hill is obscene.
- 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1972 - US Supreme Court rules states can't require one-year residency to vote.
- 1980 - Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Atlantic City.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- 1984 - Soviet submarine crashes into USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier off Japan.
- 1984 - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon.
- 1989 - First sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral.
- 1991 - 27 lost at sea when two US Navy anti-submarine planes collide.
- 1994 - 66th Academy Awards. Film director Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List wins seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Best Actor: Tom Hanks. Best Actress: Holly Hunter.
- 1994 - Novell announces it is acquiring WordPerfect Corporation for US$1.4 billion, and will acquire Quattro Pro from Borland International for US$145 million.
- 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the government lacks authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug, throwing out the Clinton administration's main anti-smoking initiative.
- 2005 - Ten are killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.
- 2018 - In Austin, Texas, a bombing suspect blows himself up in his vehicle. The man is believed to be responsible for at least six bombs that killed two people.
Other history:
- 1935 - Persia officially renamed Iran.
- 2004 - Antonio Saca is elected President of El Salvador (inaugurated June 1).
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