Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on March - 20.   

1916  Pierre Messmer, PM (France) on March - 20.   

1917  Lieutenant FH McNamara, 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, becomes the only member of the AFC to win a Victoria Cross for his action in the raid on Tel el Hasi, Palestine on March - 20.   

1917  On this day in history dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)   

1918  On March - 20 bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)   

1920  On March - 20 the first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months)   

1920  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld   

1920  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger   

1920  On March - 20 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months)   

1920  On March - 20 douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician   

1920  Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on March - 20.   

1921  Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO) on March - 20.   

1922  On this day in history uSS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier   

1922  Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) on March - 20.   

1923  Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA on March - 20.   

1923  On March - 20 belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent   

1924  On March - 20 finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn   

1925  James Pickles, judge on March - 20.   

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1926  Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) on March - 20.   

1928  Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on March - 20.   

1929  British Columbia Telephone Company sets up subsidiary, North-West Telephone Company, the world's first radiotelephone company on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77   

1930  Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 20 bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin   

1932  On this day in history kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR   

1933  On March - 20 dachau, first concentration camp, completed   

1933  Establishment of the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau on this day in history.   

1933  Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed on March - 20.   

1933  Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR on March - 20.   

1934  Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany on March - 20.   

1934  On March - 20 rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany   

1934  On this day in history a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76   

1935  On March - 20 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio   

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

1191  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.