Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  On this day in history allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium   

1916  Pierre Messmer, PM (France) on this day in history.   

1917  On March - 20 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  Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958) on March - 20.   

1918  Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) on March - 20.   

1920  On March - 20 the first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months)   

1920  On March - 20 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld   

1920  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger on March - 20.   

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

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

1922  USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier on March - 20.   

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

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

1923  Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history james Pickles, judge   

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on March - 20.   

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

1928  On this day in history fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)   

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

1929  On this day in history ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77   

1930  On this day in history 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 March - 20 kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR   

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

1933  On March - 20 establishment of the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau.   

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

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  On March - 20 rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany   

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

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.   

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

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 this day in history.   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

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

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On this day in history 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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.