Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on March - 20.   

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

1918  Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1924  Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn on this day in history.   

1925  James Pickles, judge on this day in history.   

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

1926  Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) on this day in history.   

1928  Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on this day in history.   

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

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

1930  Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph on March - 20.   

1931  Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin on this day in history.   

1932  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history dachau, first concentration camp, completed   

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

1933  On March - 20 dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed   

1933  On March - 20 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  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 March - 20.   

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

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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 March - 20.   

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 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  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

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

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

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

1191  On March - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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