On Palm Sunday (21st March) 1282, Dafydd ap Gruffudd attacked Hawarden Castle. In so doing, he ignited a conflict that would result in the subjugation of Wales by Edward I and the loss of Welsh independence.
1556England's first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake as a heretic, under the Catholic Queen Mary I, also know as "Bloody Mary". Imprisoned for over two years and under pressure from Church authorities, he apparently reconciled himself with the Roman Catholic Church. However, on the day of his execution, he dramatically recanted these beliefs, to die a heretic to Roman Catholics and a martyr to others.
On 21st March 1795 the first Gorsedd to be held in Wales occured on Alban Eilir in Stalling Down near Cowbridge. A Gorsedd was also held there in 1995 to celebrate the 200th anniversary. (Gorsedd Cymru (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡɔrsɛð ˈkəmrɨ, -ri]), or simply the Gorsedd (Welsh: yr Orsedd), is a society of Welsh-language poets, writers, musicians and others who have contributed to the Welsh language )
1935 Persia is officially renamed Iran
1939 Nazi Germany demands the return of Danzig (Gdańsk) from Poland
1999: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. Piccard, a Swiss national and Jones, from England, had set off in their balloon Breitling Orbiter from Switzerland on 1st March and landed in Egypt after a 45,755 kilometre flight lasting 19 days, 21 hours and 47 minutes.
1967: DJ Kenny Everett leaves Radio London (Big L) and heads for Radio Luxembourg
1973 The BBC banned all teenybopper acts appearing on UK TV show, ‘Top Of The Pops’ after a riot following a David Cassidy performance.
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@bookerdana I would say teenagers who screamed at the like of Cassidy and the Osmonds. A bit like Beatlemania. I’ve seen the Osmonds. The once screaming teenagers are little more circumspect now they have their pensions 😀
