March 21

Thursday 21, 2002:

In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Sunday 21, 1999:

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

Saturday 21, 1970:

In Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dana wins the fifteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "All Kinds of Everything".

Saturday 21, 1857:

Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.

Wednesday 21, 1804:

Code Napoléon was adopted as French civil law.