Spring has sprung! We are officially into a new season here in Wisconsin and the weather is matching that switch a little more than it was a week ago when we were navigating a blizzard.
Before we get into the weekend groove, we like to start Saturday morning with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just an easy way to look back at events that happened on this day in history before we make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today In History Today is Saturday, March 21st, the 80th day of the year.
On this day
In 1963, the last inmates were transferred out of Alcatraz federal prison in San Francisco Bay following an order from Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
In 1965, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and more than three-thousand civil rights demonstrators began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. An additional 25-thousand people joined the march along the way.
In 1980, J-R Ewing was shot on the season finale of “Dallas.” It remained unclear for the next few months whether J-R was dead. The cliffhanger left the nation wondering “Who Shot J-R?”
In 1987, actor Robert Preston died at the age of 68. He starred as Professor Harold Hill in “The Music Man.”
In 1989, Dick Clark announced he would step down as host of “American Bandstand.”
In 1991, Hall-of-Fame guitar maker Leo Fender died at the age of 81.
In 1994, Hall-of-Fame actor MacDonald Carey died at the age of 81. He is best remembered for his role as Dr. Tom Horton on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives.”
In 2011, the perjury and obstruction of justice trial for baseball star Barry Bonds began in San Francisco. Bonds was accused of lying in testimony related to the government’s investigation of a steroid scandal involving the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative. He was convicted on April 13th, 2011 on the obstruction of justice charge.
In 2016, President Obama met with President Raul Castro in Havana, before attending a state dinner at the Revolutionary Palace. In a joint statement with Castro, Obama said “it’s a new day” in U.S.-Cuba relations.
In 2018, China made the announcement saying its control over the media would increase. The “Voice of China” combined state run radio and television.
In 2019, the governor of Missouri declared state of emergency as flooding from Nebraska and Iowa flowed down to Missouri.
In 2019, actress Emilia Clarke revealed she had two brian aneurysms during filming of “Game of Thrones.”
In 2022, 178 wildfires burned more than 108-thousand acres across southwest Texas.
In 2024, the social media company Reddit debuted on the New York Stock Exchange rising 48 percent on the first day.
That brings us here to this day.
Whatever plans you have for your own 3.21.2025 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
