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.

OTD March 21 - U2
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Island Records

1987: U2 releases the single "With or Without You." The song, from their fifth album "The Joshua Tree," would become the group's most successful single at the time, becoming their first No. 1 hit in both the United States and Canada.

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