What happend on 21st March

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22.03
2005

In Red Lake, Minnesota, 10 are killed in a school shooting, the worst since the Columbine High School massacre.

2004

In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority.

2002

In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

1999

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

1990

Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.

1989

Sports Illustrated reports allegations that tie baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.

1985

Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.

1980

On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase "Who Shot JR?"

1980

President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.

1970

Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.