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

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  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  On this day in history 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months)   

1920  On March - 20 douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician   

1920  On March - 20 venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60   

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

1922  On March - 20 uSS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier   

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

1923  Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA on March - 20.   

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  On March - 20 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 this day in history fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)   

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

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

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

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 this day in history rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany   

1934  A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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1469  On March - 20 birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

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

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

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

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.   

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 March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45