Historical Events In March - 20

1954  On March - 20 "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances   

1954  Newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania) on March - 20.   

1954  On March - 20 "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances   

1955  KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on March - 20.   

1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on this day in history.   

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

1956  On March - 20 uSSR performs nuclear test   

1956  On this day in history 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

1957  On this day in history britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it   

1958  On this day in history 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line   

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission on March - 20.   

1962  On March - 20 sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater   

1962  On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  On this day in history sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

1963  On March - 20 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)   

1963  Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on March - 20.   

1964  ESRO established, European Space Research Organization on March - 20.   

1964  On March - 20 brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41   

1965  On this day in history venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi   

1966  In Uganda a 6.75 earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history, about 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported on this day in history.   

1967  Supremes release "The Happening" on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam   

1968  Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history president Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

1968  Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on March - 20.   

1969  Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar on March - 20.   

1969  US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 on March - 20.   

1972  19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 20 sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee   

1972  On March - 20 aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51   

1973  On March - 20 on the Kerguelen-Gausberg Rise a 5.4 earthquake, the first instrumental epicenter associated with this structure and is located in the Antarctic plate 1,800 kilometers from the nearest seismic belt   

1974  Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1191  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.   

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  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