Today in History: March 21
1851 – Yosemite Valley discovered in California
1865 – Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
1907 – US invades Honduras
1927 – Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
1939 – Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
1944 – Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy
1945 – During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1947 – Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
1961 – Beatles’ 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
1963 – Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1971 – Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2″
1980 – On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
1991 – 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
1994 – Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals
