Historical Events In March - 20

1990  Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident on March - 20.  

1990  On this day in history the Canadian government to pass law forcing financial institutions to keep records of large cash transactions; so criminals cannot launder money  

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

1991  On March - 20 consumer and Corporate Affairs reports that personal and business bankruptcies reached their highest level ever; up 68% from 1990.  

1991  Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney on March - 20.  

1991  Michael Jackson signs $65M six album deal with Sony records on this day in history.  

1991  US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland on this day in history.  

1991  Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5 on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history 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  On this day in history avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93  

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 March - 20 claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85  

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

1994  Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X on this day in history.  

1994  El Salvador's first Presidential election following 12-year-old civil war on this day in history.  

1994  Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament on March - 20.  

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

1994  On March - 20 wrestlemania X at Madison Square Garden New York, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna  

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  Beatles song, "Free As A Bird", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, first Fab Four single in more than 30 years on March - 20.  

1995  Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history 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  On this day in history tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive  

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 this day in history.  

2013  Pierre Deligne wins the 2013 Abel Prize in mathematics on March - 20.  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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 March - 20.  

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

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

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.  

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 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.