Stephen's Birthday Meme

Note: I got this from Nicole Lindroos' blog, and she got it from somewhere else. I'm going to post it here, using Stephen's birthday (March 21st) as the date in question.

Go to Wikipedia and look up your (child's) birth day (excluding the year). List three events, three births, three deaths, and up to three observances or holidays on your birthday in your journal.

Events
1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme begins.
1963 - Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
1989 - Sports Illustrated reports allegations that tie baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.

Births
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)
1946 - Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor
1958 - Gary Oldman, English actor

Deaths
1556 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489)
1729 - John Law, Scottish economist (b. 1671)
1987 - Dean Paul Martin, American musician (b. 1951)

Observances
Astrology: First day of sun sign Aries.
Earth Day.
South Africa: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.