Historical Events In March - 20

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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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

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

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  On March - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1393  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45