Historical Events In March - 20

1990  On March - 20 singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident   

1990  The Canadian government to pass law forcing financial institutions to keep records of large cash transactions; so criminals cannot launder money on March - 20.   

1990  On this day in history jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90   

1991  On this day in history consumer and Corporate Affairs reports that personal and business bankruptcies reached their highest level ever; up 68% from 1990.   

1991  On this day in history court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney   

1991  Michael Jackson signs $65M six album deal with Sony records on March - 20.   

1991  On March - 20 uS forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland   

1991  Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5 on March - 20.   

1992  On March - 20 janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set   

1992  On this day in history noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses   

1992  Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93 on March - 20.   

1993  On this day in history iRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England   

1993  On this day in history morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs   

1993  On this day in history claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85   

1994  On this day in history 14th Golden Raspberry Awards Indecent Proposal wins   

1994  On March - 20 brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X   

1994  On March - 20 el Salvador's first Presidential election following 12-year-old civil war   

1994  On March - 20 laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament   

1994  Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on first inn to win Logan Cup on March - 20.   

1994  Wrestlemania X at Madison Square Garden New York, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna on this day in history.   

1994  Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa on this day in history.   

1994  14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history beatles song, "Free As A Bird", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, first Fab Four single in more than 30 years   

1995  On March - 20 dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)   

1995  In Tokyo, Japan, at the height of the morning rush hour, five two-man terrorist teams from the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult, riding on separate subway trains, converge at the Kasumigaseki station and secretly release lethal sarin gas into the air on March - 20.   

1995  On March - 20 poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured   

1995  Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies on March - 20.   

1996  On March - 20 erik &Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents   

1996  On March - 20 uK admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka Mad Cow Disease)   

1997  Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive on March - 20.   

2005  At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor on March - 20.   

2006  Tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia on this day in history.   

2012  50 people are killed and 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq on March - 20.   

2013  On this day in history pierre Deligne wins the 2013 Abel Prize in mathematics   

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

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

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

1634  On this day in history 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  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  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

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