March 21st, 1953

Born on March 21st, 1953

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 21st?

March 21st, 1980

The American soap opera Dallas aired the episode "A House Divided", which led to eight months of international speculation on "Who shot J.R.?"

March 21st, 1968

War of Attrition: The Battle of Karameh took place between the Israel Defense Forces and allied troops of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jordanian Armed Forces.

March 21st, 1963

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California—one of the world's most notorious and best known prisons—was closed.

March 21st, 1952

The Moondog Coronation Ball (poster pictured), generally considered to be the first major rock and roll concert, took place at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

March 21st, 1946

The Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African-American player in the National Football League since 1933.

March 21st, 1937

A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship, opened fire on demonstrators protesting the arrest of Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, killing 21 people and injuring 235 others.

March 21st, 1918

First World War: The German Army opened the Spring Offensive with Operation Michael, attempting to break through the Allied lines and to seize ports on the English Channel.

March 21st, 1913

More than 360 were killed and 20,000 homes were destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.

March 21st, 1874

Queen's Park defeated Clydesdale 2–0 in the final of the inaugural Scottish Cup (trophy pictured).

March 21st, 1861

Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, gave an extemporaneous speech laying out the Confederacy's rationale for seceding from the United States.

March 21st, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: During their march on Paris, Coalition forces defeated Napoleon's French army on the final day of the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.

March 21st, 1788

A large fire destroyed 856 of the 1,100 structures in New Orleans.

March 21st, 1556

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, one of the founders of Anglicanism, was burnt at the stake for heresy in Oxford, England.

March 21st, 1180

Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.

March 21st, 1152

Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 21st

Born on March 21st, 1953

71

Steve Furber

British computer scientist

*March 21st, 1953, Manchester

68

Per Inge Torkelsen

Norwegian comedian, author and politician

*March 21st, 1953, Stavanger Municipality †June 22nd, 2021, Oslo

71

Pasquale Preziosa

Italian Air Force officer

*March 21st, 1953, Bisceglie

71

Christos Hatzis

Greek-Canadian composer

*March 21st, 1953, Volos

71

Emilio Correa

Cuban boxer

*March 21st, 1953, Santiago de Cuba

71

Taborah Johnson

Singer and actor

*March 21st, 1953, Toronto

70

Paul Martin Lester

American academic

*March 21st, 1953, Flushing †November 12th, 2023, Dallas

71

Lamberto Alvarez

American artist

*March 21st, 1953, El Paso

71

Nigel Dick

British musician and film director

*March 21st, 1953, Catterick

71

Lynne Winbigler

American athlete

*March 21st, 1953, Weiser

71

Josep Palomero i Almela

Spanish linguist

*March 21st, 1953, Burriana

71

Mahmoud Salvati

Iranian translator and religious servant

*March 21st, 1953, Khomeyni Shahr

71

Myron Joseph Cotta

Catholic bishop in the United States

*March 21st, 1953, Dos Palos

71

Vivian Naefe

German film director

*March 21st, 1953, Hamburg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 21st?

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

33

Maneepong Jongjit

Thai badminton player

*March 21st, 1991, Phuket

66

Gary Oldman

British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

*March 21st, 1958, London

66

Kathy Tingelstad

American politician

*March 21st, 1958, Saint Paul

30

Kelly Dulfer

Dutch handball player

*March 21st, 1994, Amsterdam

33

Yzomandias

Czech rapper

*March 21st, 1991, Karlovy Vary

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

74

Sergey Lavrov

Russian politician and Foreign Minister

*March 21st, 1950, Moscow

78

Timothy Dalton

British actor of stage, film and television

*March 21st, 1946, Colwyn Bay

38

Kerry-Lee Harrington

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1986, Durban

70

Eddie Money

American musician (1949–2019)

*March 21st, 1949, Brooklyn †September 13th, 2019, Los Angeles

62

Rosie O'Donnell

American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality

*March 21st, 1962, Commack

62

Matthew Broderick

American actor (born 1962)

*March 21st, 1962, Manhattan

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

66

Marlies Göhr

German athlete

*March 21st, 1958, Gera

75

Slavoj Žižek

Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

*March 21st, 1949, Ljubljana

69

Luka Bonačić

Croatian footballer and football coach

*March 21st, 1955, Split

44

Narges Rashidi

German-Iranian actress

*March 21st, 1980, Khorramabad

45

Elizabeth Cann

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1979, Redhill

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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