Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 21
On March 21:
- 1556 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.
- 1801 - Battle of Alexandria between British and French in Egypt.
- 1804 - The Code Napoléon was adopted as French civil law.
- 1963 - The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island closed.
- 1989 - An SI story alleged that Pete Rose was involved in baseball gambling.
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