March 21: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1804France adopted the Napoleonic Civil Code, which would serve as a model for many countries' laws.
2. 1871Journalist Henry Morton Stanley set out in Africa to find the missing explorer David Livingstone.
3. 1952The Moondog Coronation Ball in Ohio became known as history's first rock and roll concert.
4. 1963The famous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed.
5. 1999Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first people to circle the world in a hot-air balloon.

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