Historical Events In March - 20

1916  On March - 20 allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium   

1916  On this day in history 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  Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958) on March - 20.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1920  Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician on March - 20.   

1920  On this day in history venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60   

1921  Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO) on March - 20.   

1922  USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier on this day in history.   

1922  Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) on March - 20.   

1923  On March - 20 bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA   

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

1924  On March - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1928  On March - 20 fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)   

1929  On March - 20 british Columbia Telephone Company sets up subsidiary, North-West Telephone Company, the world's first radiotelephone company   

1929  Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on March - 20.   

1930  Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin   

1932  On March - 20 kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR   

1933  On this day in history 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 this day in history giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR   

1934  On this day in history test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany   

1934  Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany on this day in history.   

1934  On March - 20 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 this day in history.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  On this day in history 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  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 March - 20 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  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

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