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On This Day In History for March 21, 2018 This is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 285 days remaining in 2018.
It was on this date in 1871, that Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
Also today in 1925, The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
It was 90 years ago today, that Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo transAtlantic flight.
It was also this date in 1963 that Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes on this date in 1965.
53 years ago today, Dr. 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.
Also today in 1970, The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
Also on March 21, 1994, The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon on this date in 1999.
It was 12 years ago today, that The social media site Twitter is founded.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
American inventor, Mary Dixon Kies, born on this date in 1752.
Joseph Fourier, the French mathematician and physicist was born 250 years ago today.
Born March 21, 1839, Russian pianist and composer Modest Mussorgsky.
American astronomer and astrophysicist, Antonia Maury, born on this date in 1866.
George David Birkhoff, the American mathematician was born 134 years ago today.
Jewish-Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle, Friedrich Waismann was born 122 years ago today.
Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M’s and Mars bar was born on that same date in 1904.
American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery, Julio Gallo, born on this date in 1910.
Born March 21, 1911, African-American scientist and inventor Walter Lincoln Hawkins.
Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter was born on that same date in 1922.
Born March 21, 1927, American-German astronomer and critic Halton Arp.
American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Walter Gilbert is 86 today.
Also turning 72 today is Welsh-English actor Timothy Dalton.
American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Eddie Money, born on this date in 1949.
Also turning 65 today is English computer scientist and academic Steve Furber.
Also born on that same date in 1962, American actor, Matthew Broderick.
American actress, producer, and talk show host, Rosie O’Donnell is 56 today.
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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 21, 2018
News Google Maps using landmarks, what’s next?!
NASA wants your pictures of clouds to verify its satellites’ data
Steve Jobs’ Half-Assed Job Application Sells for $174,000
Hacks & Strange Stories Watch This Machine Solve a Rubik’s Cube Faster Than My Jaw Can Drop
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Remember When Ancient d20 die emerges from the ashes of time – CNET
Qbert broken by machine learning in a way no human ever would – Business Insider
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Media Corner Take a Star Wars quote and swap out one word with sausage
Play Joust, Robotron: 2048, and other classic games at Ready Player One’s online arcade – The Verge
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