Page 7: Historical Events In March - 20

1954  "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on this day in history.   

1954  On March - 20 newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania)   

1954  "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history kXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on March - 20.   

1956  On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France   

1956  On this day in history union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test on March - 20.   

1956  On March - 20 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

1957  On March - 20 britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it   

1958  On March - 20 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line   

1958  On this day in history greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission   

1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  On March - 20 sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

1963  On this day in history 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)   

1963  On March - 20 karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

1964  On March - 20 eSRO established, European Space Research Organization   

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 20 in Uganda a 6.75 earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history, about 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported   

1967  Supremes release "The Happening" on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

1969  Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar on this day in history.   

1969  US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 on this day in history.   

1972  19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee   

1972  On March - 20 aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51   

1973  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 on March - 20.   

1974  Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down on March - 20.   

1974  On this day in history chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

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

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

1680  On March - 20 birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

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

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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.