Page 7: Historical Events In January - 09
Friday, 20 March 2026
1954 -87ºF (-66ºC), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record). 

1954 Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game. 

1954 -87°F (-66°C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record). 

1956 Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column inaugural appears in newspapers. 

1956 Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan 

1956 Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers. 

1957 British prime minister Anthony Eden steps down 

1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR 

1957 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth". 

1957 Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR 

1957 Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83. 

1958 Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies 

1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV. 

1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die. 

1959 Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 

1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins 

1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 

1962 LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68. 

1963 Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo" 

1964 21 Panamanians and three U.S. soldiers die when anti-US rioting erupts in the Panama Canal Zone 

1964 Anti-US rioting breaks out in the Panama Canal Zone. 

1964 Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 

1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 

1965 Near Hope BC a mountain avalanche results in the deaths of 4 drivers on highway near Hope 

1966 Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism. 

1966 Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68. 

1967 Georgia legislature seats Representative Julian Bond 

1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon 

1968 The U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface 

1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide. 

1969 Concorde jetliner's inaugural test flight (Bristol England). 

1969 The supersonic airliner, Concorde, makes its inaugural test flight. 

1969 Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 

1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted. 

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