Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on March - 20.   

1916  On March - 20 pierre Messmer, PM (France)   

1917  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 on March - 20.   

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

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

1920  On this day in history the first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months)   

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

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

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  Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO) on this day in history.   

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

1922  On March - 20 arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)   

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

1923  Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent on March - 20.   

1924  On March - 20 finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn   

1925  James Pickles, judge on this day in history.   

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)   

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 March - 20.   

1929  Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph   

1931  On March - 20 bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin   

1932  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR on March - 20.   

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

1933  Establishment of the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau on March - 20.   

1933  On March - 20 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  On this day in history a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76   

1935  "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio on March - 20.   

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

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

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

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

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.   

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

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

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45