Historical Events In March - 20
Friday, 29 March 2024
1954 On March - 20 "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances
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 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on March - 20.
1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on March - 20.
1956 Tunisia gains independence from France on March - 20.
1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on this day in history.
1956 USSR performs nuclear test on March - 20.
1956 On this day in history 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it on March - 20.
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 March - 20.
1962 On this day in history sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
1962 On this day in history andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke on this day in history.
1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) on this day in history.
1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on March - 20.
1964 On this day in history eSRO established, European Space Research Organization
1964 On this day in history brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
1965 On this day in history venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi
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 March - 20.
1967 On March - 20 supremes release "The Happening"
1967 A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam on March - 20.
1968 On March - 20 military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1968 President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money on this day in history.
1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on March - 20.
1969 On this day in history beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
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 March - 20.
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 March - 20 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 this day in history hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down
1974 On this day in history chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
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