Historical Events In March - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1954 "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on March - 20.
1954 Newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania) on March - 20.
1954 "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on March - 20.
1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
1956 On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France
1956 On March - 20 union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
1956 On March - 20 uSSR performs nuclear test
1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends on this day in history.
1957 On March - 20 britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line on this day in history.
1958 Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on March - 20.
1963 On this day in history sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) on March - 20.
1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on March - 20.
1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization on March - 20.
1964 On this day in history brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on March - 20.
1966 In Uganda a 6.75 earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history, about 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported on this day in history.
1967 On March - 20 supremes release "The Happening"
1967 On March - 20 a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) on March - 20.
1968 President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money on March - 20.
1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on March - 20.
1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar on March - 20.
1969 On March - 20 uS President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1972 On March - 20 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1972 Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee on March - 20.
1972 Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history on the Kerguelen-Gausberg Rise a 5.4 earthquake, the first instrumental epicenter associated with this structure and is located in the Antarctic plate 1,800 kilometers from the nearest seismic belt
1974 On March - 20 hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down
1974 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 on March - 20.
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