Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh works on engine of ‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ in 1927.
Photo: Library of Congress
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Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh works on engine of ‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ in 1927.
Photo: Library of Congress
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A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
March 21
630 | Heraclius restores the True Cross, which he has recaptured from the Persians. | |
1556 | Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is burned at the stake at Oxford after retracting the last of seven recantations that same day. | |
1617 | Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) dies of either small pox or pneumonia while in England with her husband, John Rolfe. | |
1788 | Almost the entire city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is destroyed by fire. | |
1806 | Lewis and Clark begin their trip home after an 8,000 mile trek of the Mississippi basin and the Pacific Coast. | |
1865 | The Battle of Bentonville, N.C. ends, marking the last Confederate attempt to stop Union General William Sherman. | |
1851 | Emperor Tu Duc orders that Christian priests are to put to death. | |
1858 | British forces in India lift the siege of Lucknow, ending the Indian Mutiny. | |
1906 | Ohio passes a law that prohibits hazing by fraternities. | |
1908 | Frenchman Henri Farman carries a passenger in a bi-plane for the first time. | |
1910 | The U.S. Senate grants ex-President Teddy Roosevelt an annual pension of $10,000. | |
1918 | The Germans launch the ‘Michael’ offensive, better remembered as the First Battle of the Somme. | |
1928 | President Calvin Coolidge presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Charles Lindbergh, a captain in the US Army Air Corps Reserve, for making the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. On June 11, 1927, Lindbergh had received the first Distinguished Flying Cross ever awarded. | |
1939 | Singer Kate Smith records “God Bless America” for Victor Records. | |
1941 | The last Italian post in East Libya, North Africa, falls to the British. | |
1951 | Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall reports that the U.S. military has doubled to 2.9 million since the start of the Korean War. | |
1963 | Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, California, closes. | |
1965 | The United States launches Ranger 9, last in a series of unmanned lunar explorations. | |
1971 | Two U.S. platoons in Vietnam refuse their orders to advance. | |
1975 | As North Vietnamese forces advance, Hue and other northern towns in South Vietnam are evacuated. | |
1980 | President Jimmy Carter announces to the U.S. Olympic Team that they will not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. | |
1984 | A Soviet submarine crashes into the USS Kitty Hawk off the coast of Japan. | |
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1685 | Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer. | |
1806 | Benito Juarez, President of Mexico. | |
1869 | Albert Kahn, architect who originated modern factory design. | |
1869 | Florenz Ziegfeld, producer, creator of Ziegfeld Follies. | |
1885 | Raoul Lufbery, French-born American fighter pilot of World War I. |
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A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
1327 | Edward II of England is deposed by his eldest son, Edward III. | |
1616 | The French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrives to winter in a Huron Indian village after being wounded in a battle with Iroquois in New France. | |
1783 | Britain signs a peace agreement with France and Spain, who allied against it in the American War of Independence. | |
1908 | The Sullivan Ordinance bars women from smoking in public facilities in the United States. | |
1930 | Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York, setting a cross country flying record of 14.75 hours. | |
1935 | Belgium arrests some Nazi agitators who urge for a return to the Reich. | |
1941 | Hitler meets with Mussolini and offers aid in Albania and Greece. | |
1942 | Nazi officials meet in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to decide the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” | |
1944 | Allied forces in Italy begin unsuccessful operations to cross the Rapido River and seize Cassino. | |
1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for his fourth term. | |
1945 | The Allies sign a truce with the Hungarians. | |
1946 | France’s Charles DeGaulle hands in his resignation. | |
1952 | British troops occupy Ismalia, Egypt. | |
1954 | Over 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners are turned over to UN forces in Korea. | |
1977 | President Jimmy Carter is sworn in and then surprises the nation as he walks from the U.S. Capitol to the White House. | |
1981 | Ronald Reagan is sworn in as president at the same time 52 American hostages are released from their captors in Tehran, Iran. | |
Born on January 20 | ||
1760 | Charles III, King of Spain. | |
1732 | Richard Henry Lee, American Revolutionary patriot and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. | |
1820 | Anne Clough, promoter of higher education. | |
1893 | Bessy Colman, first African American aviator. | |
1896 | George Burns, comedian and actor in vaudeville, radio, television and film. | |
1910 | Joy Adamson, British author and naturalist (Born Free). | |
1930 | Dr. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, second man to walk on the moon. |
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Bruno Hauptmann, a German immigrant to the US, was convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the young son of famed pilot Charles Lindbergh. Hauptmann had been found with part of the ransom money, but the case against him has since come under scrutiny. It has been alleged that some of the evidence used to convict him was planted and that false testimony was given at the trial. What was discovered in 1985 that shed new light on the case? More… Discuss
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Tagged Jr., Bank of Montana, Bruno Hauptmann, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Christopher Columbus, German immigrant, Independent Record, John F. Condon, Lindbergh kidnapping, Missoula, Missoulian, Montana, Richard Hauptmann, Trial of the Century
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![]() Ticker-Tape ParadesTicker-tape parades were originated in New York City by Grover Whalen, the city’s official greeter from 1919 to 1953. The welcome ceremonies he staged for Charles Lindbergh and returning soldiers from both world wars, among others, featured a festive snow of confetti—originally ticker-tape from stockbrokers’ offices in lower Manhattan—thrown onto the parade from the tall buildings along the route. Today the parades most often fete sports champions. What is the “Canyon of Heroes“? More… Discuss |
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Tagged Abercrombie & Fitch, Al Sharpton, Bill de Blasio, Charles Lindbergh, David T. Abercrombie, Ezra Fitch, Grover Whalen, James Woods, New York City, Parades, returning soldiers, Ticker-tape, United States, World War II