Today is Monday, March 21, the 82nd day of 2016. There are 284 days left in the year.
1824 — Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
1826 — Beethoven’s Quartet in B flat major premieres in Vienna
1843 — Preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today
1851 — Yosemite Valley discovered in California
1857 — Earthquake hits Tokyo
1859 — Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh
1859 — Zoological Society of Philadelphia, first in U.S., incorporated
1860 — U.S. extradition treaty with Sweden
1863 — Naval engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon