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March 21st in History

1918: Offensive on the Somme begins, the last major offensive of World War I
1963: Alcatraz, maximum security prison on the island in San Francisco Bay, closes after 29 years

March 21st birthdays

1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
1869: Florenz Ziegfield, American impresario
1946: Timothy Dalton, English actor
1963: Matthew Broderick, American actor