March 21: Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í calendar); Independence Day in Namibia (1990)
Phra Phrom statue, Erawan Shrine
- 630 – Byzantine emperor Heraclius restored the True Cross to Jerusalem.
- 1800 – After being elected as a compromise candidate after several months of stalemate, Pope Pius VII was crowned in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.
- 1871 – Founder of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck was proclaimed as its first Chancellor.
- 1946 – The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the league since 1933.
- 2006 – A man using a hammer smashed the statue of Phra Phrom (pictured) in the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, and was subsequently beaten to death by bystanders.
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