Page 7: Historical Events In March - 20

1954  "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on this day in history.   

1954  Newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania) on this day in history.   

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

1955  On March - 20 kXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on March - 20.   

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France on March - 20.   

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

1956  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

1956  On March - 20 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

1957  Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it on March - 20.   

1958  On March - 20 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line   

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

1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater on March - 20.   

1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on this day in history.   

1963  Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke on March - 20.   

1963  1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 20 karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

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

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on March - 20.   

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

1967  Supremes release "The Happening" on March - 20.   

1967  A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam on March - 20.   

1968  On this day in history military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)   

1968  President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money on this day in history.   

1968  Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on this day in history.   

1969  Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar on this day in history.   

1969  US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 on this day in history.   

1972  19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche on March - 20.   

1972  Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee on this day in history.   

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

1973  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 on this day in history.   

1974  Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

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

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.   

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  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

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

1351  On March - 20 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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.