History for March 21

History for March 21 - On-This-Day.com

Rosie O'Donnell 1962 - Comedian, actress

• 1788 - Almost the entire city of New Orleans, LA, was destroyed by fire. 856 buildings were destroyed.
• 1804 - The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was adopted.
• 1857 - An earthquake hit Tokyo killing about 107,000.
• 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not require one year of residency for voting eligibility.
• 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.
• 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had overstepped its regulatory authority when it attempted to restrict the marketing of cigarettes to youngsters.
• 2003 - It was reported that the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 235.27 (2.8%) at 8,521.97. It was the strongest weekly gain in more than 20 years.