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On March the 21st
2005 
Jeffrey Weise, a student at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota, shot and killed seven people in his school, before shooting himself.
1990 
Namibia became an independent country after 75 years of South African rule.
1978 
American hip hop musician, Kevin Federline, was born in Fresno, California. He is most known for his marriage to pop music superstar Britney Spears and their subsequent separation.
1963 
The infamous American prison of Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, closed after 29 years of serving as a maximum security prison.
1962 
American actor, Matthew Broderick, was born in New York city. He is best known for his role in the teen blockbuster movies, Ferris Beullers Day Off and War Games.
1961 
German football legend, Lothar Matthaus, was born in Erlangen, Germany.
1960 
Brazilian formula one race driver, Ayrton Senna, was born in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He had been crowned Formula One world champion three times.
1958 
British actor, Gary Oldman, was born in London, England.
1857 
An Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan killed over 100,000 people.
1788 
A fire destroyed most of the city New Orleans.
1768 
French mathematician, Joseph Fourier, was born in Auxerre, France.
1685 
German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, was born in Eisenach, Germany.
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