March 21

March 20, 2026

It's March 21st

On this day in 1965 – Ranger 9, the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes is launched.

– Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

In 1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by then Mayor of San Francisco, Joseph Alioto.

– San Diego Comic-Con, the largest pop and culture festival in the world, hosts its inaugural event.

In 1975 - Tangerine Dream release "Rubycon"

In 1977 - AC/DC release "Let There Be Rock"

In 1983 - West Bank fainting epidemic.
...large numbers of Palestinians in the West Bank complained of fainting and dizziness, the vast majority of whom were teenage girls and a smaller number of whom were female Israeli soldiers. The symptoms led to 943 hospitalizations. Investigators concluded in April 1983 that the wave of complaints was likely the result of mass psychogenic illness, even if some environmental irritant had originally been present. This conclusion was supported by a Palestinian health official, who said that 20% of the early cases may have been caused by the inhalation of some kind of gas, but the remaining 80% were psychosomatic.

Birthdays:

Sonequa Martin-Green
as Private Lang in "Shockwave Darkside"

Rachale MacFarlane

Laura Allen
as Clare in "The Collective"

Greg Ellis
on Tubi

DJ Premier

Best of DJ Premier Produced Tracks
DJ Premier and the Badder Band - Tiny Desk Concert

Cynthia Geary
as Funeral Home Rep in "Expiration Date"

Shawn Lane

In 2008, Guitar World magazine wrote, "Few, if any, guitarists can play faster than Lane could, and his arpeggio sweeps and precision-picked lines blasted more rapid-fire notes than the average human mind could comprehend."

Rosie O'Donnell
on Tubi

Kathy Greenwood
Flight Attendant in "The Man"