March 21st

1421: Battle of Beauge-French beat British
1788: Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
1790: Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State
1826: Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
1851: Yosemite Valley discovered in California
1857: Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
1866: Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
1891: A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years
1907: U.S. invades Honduras
1913: Flood in Ohio, kills 400
1917: 1st female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh
1934: Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
1945: During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1947: President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
1951: 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea
1952: 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central U.S.
1952: Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
1963: Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed
1972: U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
1991: 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide
2011:The first full face transplant is performed by surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
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