The 21st o Mairch is the 80t day o the year (81st in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 285 days ti come.
Events
Births
- 1675 - James Douglas, Scots medicinar an anatomist (d. 1742)
- 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German componer (d. 1750)
- 1768 - Joseph Fourier, French mathemateecian an pheesicist (d. 1830)
- 1806 - Benito Juarez, Preses o Mexico (d. 1872)
- 1839 - Modest Mussorgsky, Roushie componer (d. 1881)
- 1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politeecian an diplomat (d. 2016)
- 1928 - Surya Bahadur Thapa, Prime meenister o Nepal (d. 2015)
- 1929 - Jimmy Wardhaugh, Scots fitbawer (d. 1978)
- 1933 - Michael Heseltine, Welsh politeecian
- 1940 - Solomon Burke, American muisicker (d. 2010)
- 1942 - Ali Abdullah Saleh, Preses o Yemen (d. 2017)
- 1946 - Timothy Dalton, Breetish actor
- 1950 - Sergey Lavrov, Roushie politeecian an diplomat
- 1955 - Jair Bolsonaro, Preses o Brazil
- 1958 - Gary Oldman, Inglis actor
- 1960 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian racin driver (d. 1994)
- 1962 - Matthew Broderick, American actor
- 1963 - Ronald Koeman, Dutch fitbawer an coach
- 1967 - Carwyn Jones, umwhile First Meenister o Wales
- 1978 - Rani Mukerji, Indian actress
- 1980 - Ronaldinho, Brazilian fitbawer
- 1989 - Jordi Alba, Spaingie fitbawer
- 1989 - Mark Garside, Scots ice hockey player
- 1991 - Antoine Griezmann, French fitbawer
Daiths
- 1556 - Thomas Cranmer, Inglis airchbeeshop (b. 1489)
- 1838 - George Ramsay, 9t Yerl o Dawhoosie, Scots sodger an colonial admeenistrator (b. 1770)
- 1843 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st Preses o Mexico (b. 1786)
- 1884 - Allen Thomson, Scots medicinar (b. 1809)
- 1910 - Nadar, French photographer (b. 1820)
- 1936 - Alexander Glazunov, Roushie componer (b. 1865)
- 1991 - Ewan Cameron, Scots medicinar (b. 1922)
- 2013 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (b. 1930)
- 2017 - Martin McGuinness, Northren Erse politeecian (b. 1950)
Halidays