Today in History - History - March 21st

1982Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1947Pres Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States

1993Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint

1835Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass

1973Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals

1871Otto Von Bismarck elevated to rank of Fürst (Prince)

1985Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame

199971st Academy Awards - "Shakespeare in Love", Roberto Benigni & Gwyneth Paltrow win

1995NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295

1941Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1962Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues)

1962Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie)

1856Henry Ossian Flipper, Thomasville, Georgia, American soldier, former slave and first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877

1869Albert Kahn, Rhaunen Prussia, American architect (architect of Detroit)

2009Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode (29) weds technician Michael Harryman in El Monte, California

2009Star of Die Hard film Bruce Willis (52) weds model and actress Emma Heming (29) in Turks and Caicos Islands

1963Singer and actress Barbra Streisand (20) marries actor Elliot Gould (24)

1874Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House

2013Chinua Achebe, Nigerian poet and novelist, dies at 82

1915Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856)