On this day: March 21
POSTED: 11:38 AM PDT Mar 18, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Mar 20, 2013
Alcatraz prison closes, Martin Luther King Jr. marches toward Montgomery, the U.S. decides to boycott Moscow's Olympics, and Spielberg nabs his first Oscar, all on this day.
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1952: Radio disc jockey Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, widely considered to be the first rock 'n' roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. The crowd at Cleveland Arena is over capacity and police shut down the show because of fire code violations after just one song. Despite the event being cut short, it proved to the music industry the widespread appeal of this new form of music.
