Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on this day in history.  

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

1920  Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician on March - 20.  

1920  On this day in history venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60  

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

1922  On March - 20 uSS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier  

1922  Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) on this day in history.  

1923  On March - 20 bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA  

1923  On this day in history belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent  

1924  Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn on March - 20.  

1925  On this day in history james Pickles, judge  

1925  On this day in history george N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66  

1926  On March - 20 ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)  

1928  On March - 20 fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)  

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

1929  On March - 20 ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77  

1930  On March - 20 clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph  

1931  Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin on March - 20.  

1932  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR on March - 20.  

1933  Dachau, first concentration camp, completed on March - 20.  

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

1933  On this day in history dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed  

1933  Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR on March - 20.  

1934  On March - 20 test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany  

1934  Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany on March - 20.  

1934  On March - 20 a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76  

1935  "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio on this day in history.  

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

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

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on March - 20.  

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

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

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.  

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.  

1239  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

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 this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

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