Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 19

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Felix Jacoby, German philologist (died 1959)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress^[27]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Derek Chauvin, American criminal and former police officer^[42][43]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Andre Miller, American basketball player^[44]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (born 1889)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1950)

March 20

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou.^[5]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2017)^[20]

Commemorations:
International Day of the Francophonie
International Day of Happiness

March 21

 Births (400 years ago today): 1626 – Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary (died 1667)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler (died 1968)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (died 2002)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress and singer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Bamboo Mañalac, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tekin Sazlog, German-Turkish footballer

 Deaths (950 years ago today): 1076 – Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (born 1011)

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – Henri Sauval, French historian and author (born 1623)

Commemorations:
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Poetry Day
International Day of Nowruz
World Down Syndrome Day

March 22

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer^[59]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (born 1898)

Commemorations:
World Water Day

March 23

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1917)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (died 1924)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (died 1964)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist^[41]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress^[42]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player^[43]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress^[30]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Benny Sa, Chinese television host

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver

Commemorations:
World Meteorological Day

March 24

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.^[60][61]

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American activist and author (died 1898)^[117]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal (died 2017)^[186]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)^[187]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – William Porter, American hurdler (died 2000)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Aaron Brooks, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Peyton Manning, American football player and entrepreneur^[217]

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (born 1693)^[98]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (born 1872)^[304][305]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (born 1887)^[328][329]

Commemorations:
World Tuberculosis Day

March 25

 Events (450 years ago today): 1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War – American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.^[11]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (died 2003)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (died 2009)^[32]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (born 1888)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (born 1890)

Commemorations:
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade