Here is an interesting site. It provides a snapshot of some of the important events around the world which happened on March 21st. It's an American site, so there's a bit of an emphasis on events in the US at times. Some examples, listed by year:
1349 - 3,000 Jews were killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany. (perhaps of interest to S3?)
1556 - Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake at Oxford after retracting the last of seven recantations that same day.
1851 - Emperor Tu Duc ordered that Christian priests be put to death.
1908 - A passenger was carried in a bi-plane for the first time by Henri Farman of France.
1918 - During World War I, the Germans launched the Somme Offensive.
1934 - A fire destroyed Hakodate, Japan, killing about 1,500.
1945 - During World War II, Allied bombers began four days of raids over Germany.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
1994 - Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
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