March 20 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1943  British offensive against Mareth-line   

1943  German U-384 bombed and sunk   

1944  Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16   

1944  Lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham Crerar 1888-1965 appointed to command of 1st Canadian Army; largest field formation ever formed by Canada; includes British, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish units.   

1944  Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes   

1944  Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

1945  US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar.   

1946  Belgian govt of Spaak, steps down   

1947  180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic.   

1948  20th Academy Awards "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win.   

1948  1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90   

1950  William Hurt, American film actor is born   

1950  Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59.   

1951  Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java   

1951  Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74   

1952  24th Academy Awards "American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart and Vivian Leigh win.   

1952  US Senate's final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan.   

1952  24th Academy Awards   

1953  Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole   

1953  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60   

1954  "King and I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances   

1954  Newspaper vending machine inaugural used (Columbia Pennsylvania).   

1955  KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes.   

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France   

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp.   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test.   

1956  156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

1957  Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it.   

1958  50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line.   

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth inaugural transmission.   

1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra is recorded as becoming world champion figure skater.   

1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies.   

1963  Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

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1469  Princess cecily of york: Princess cecily of york (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome emser: German theologian   

1502  Pierino belli: Italian soldier and jurist   

1634  Balthasar bekker: Frisian theologist (examiner of comets)   

1644  Ivan mazepa: Cossack hetman of the hetmanate   

1680  Baron emanuele d' astorga: Italian composer (stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul hamid i: Ottoman sultan   

1728  Franciscus l kersteman: Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  Death of St. cuthbert: Patron saint of northumbria (b. c. 634)   

0842  Death of Alfonso ii the chaste: King of asturia (791-842),   

1191  Death of Clement iii: [paolo scolari], pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades),   

1239  Hermann von salza: Grand master of the teutonic knights (c. 1179)   

1351  Mohammed ibn-tughluq: Sultan of delhi india,   

1393  Death of Johannes nepomucenus: [jan nepomucky], czech saint, killed   

1413  Death of King henry iv of england: King henry iv of england (b. 1367)   

1415  Henry iv bolingbroke: King of england (1399-1413),