Today is Monday, March 21, the 80th day of 2011. There are 285 days left in the year.
1697 ― Czar Peter the Great begins tour through Western Europe
1804 ― French Civil Code of Napoleon adopted
1927 ― Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
1935 ― Persia officially renamed Iran
1944 ― General Eisenhower postpones Southern France invasion until after Normandy
1961 ― Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club
1975 ― Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3,000 years
1979 ― Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1983 ― Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
1984 ― Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan