Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history pierre Messmer, PM (France)   

1917  On this day in history 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   

1917  On this day in history dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)   

1918  On this day in history bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)   

1920  The first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months) on this day in history.   

1920  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld on March - 20.   

1920  On March - 20 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger   

1920  1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months) on March - 20.   

1920  Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician on this day in history.   

1920  Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)   

1922  On this day in history uSS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier   

1922  On this day in history arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)   

1923  On this day in history bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA   

1923  On March - 20 belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent   

1924  On this day in history finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn   

1925  James Pickles, judge on March - 20.   

1925  On March - 20 george N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66   

1926  Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) on March - 20.   

1928  Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on March - 20.   

1929  British Columbia Telephone Company sets up subsidiary, North-West Telephone Company, the world's first radiotelephone company on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR   

1933  On March - 20 dachau, first concentration camp, completed   

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

1933  Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed on this day in history.   

1933  On March - 20 giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR   

1934  Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany on March - 20.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

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

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1239  On March - 20 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  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.