Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  On March - 20 allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium   

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 this day in history.   

1917  On March - 20 dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)   

1918  Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) on this day in history.   

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 March - 20 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger   

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

1920  Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician on this day in history.   

1920  Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on this day in history.   

1921  On March - 20 amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)   

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 this day in history.   

1923  Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent on this day in history.   

1924  Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn on this day in history.   

1925  On March - 20 james Pickles, judge   

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on March - 20.   

1926  Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) on this day in history.   

1928  Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on this day in history.   

1929  On March - 20 british Columbia Telephone Company sets up subsidiary, North-West Telephone Company, the world's first radiotelephone company   

1929  Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph   

1931  On this day in history bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin   

1932  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR on this day in history.   

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

1933  On this day in history establishment of the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau.   

1933  On March - 20 dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed   

1933  On this day in history giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR   

1934  Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany on this day in history.   

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 this day in history "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio   

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

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

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 March - 20.   

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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