Friday March 21, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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: This Day in History

March 21st is the common date of the March equinox (although astronomically the equinox is more likely to fall on March 20 in all but the most easterly longitudes). In astrology, the day of the equinox is the first full day of the sign of Aries. It is also the traditional first day of the astrological year.

by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Aryans.'
Wehrmacht officer Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through. Von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
World War II: Operation Carthage – British planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed.
Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah.

Who were born on ?

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. 1881)
George Owen Squier, American inventor (d. 1934)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, American lawyer, folklorist, and folk musician (d. 1973)
Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1970)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician
Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor
Chris Candido, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
Bruno Cirillo, Italian centre defender at PAOK F.C.
Charles Blackstone, American author
Luke Chapman,English footballer

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