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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_of_Esther" title="Fast of Esther">Fast of Esther</a></b> (Judaism, 2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oltenia_Day" title="Oltenia Day">Oltenia Day</a></b> in Romania
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1556" title="1556">1556</a> – Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a></b>, one of the founders of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a>, was burnt at the stake for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy_in_Christianity" title="Heresy in Christianity">heresy</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition" title="War of the Sixth Coalition">War of the Sixth Coalition</a>: During their march on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, Coalition forces defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>'s French army on the final day of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arcis-sur-Aube" title="Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube">Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874" title="1874">1874</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C." title="Queen's Park F.C.">Queen's Park</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdale_F.C." title="Clydesdale F.C.">Clydesdale</a> 20 in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Scottish_Cup_final" title="1874 Scottish Cup final">final of the inaugural Scottish Cup</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampden_Park_(1873%E2%80%931883)" title="Hampden Park (1873–1883)">Hampden Park</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosshill,_Glasgow" title="Crosshill, Glasgow">Crosshill</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: The German Army opened the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">Spring Offensive</a> with <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Michael" title="Operation Michael">Operation Michael</a></b>, attempting to break through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> lines and to seize ports on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a> – Police in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpeville" title="Sharpeville">Sharpeville</a>, South Africa, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpeville_massacre" title="Sharpeville massacre">opened fire</a></b> on a group of unarmed black demonstrators who were protesting <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_laws" title="Pass laws">pass laws</a>, killing 69 people and wounding 180 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalon" title="Absalon">Absalon</a></b>   (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1201); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelina_Haverfield" title="Evelina Haverfield">Evelina Haverfield</a></b>   (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1920); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Salye" title="Marina Salye">Marina Salye</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>