March 21

Wednesday 21, 1990:

Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.

Thursday 21, 1985:

Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.

Thursday 21, 1963:

Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.

Wednesday 21, 1928:

Charles Lindbergh is presented the Congressional Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.

Thursday 21, 1918:

World War I: Second Battle of the Somme begins

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