Page 7: Historical Events In March - 20

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

1954  On this day in history newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania)   

1954  On this day in history "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  On March - 20 tunisia gains independence from France   

1956  On March - 20 union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

1956  On March - 20 uSSR performs nuclear test   

1956  156-day strike against Westinghouse ends on March - 20.   

1957  On March - 20 britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it   

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

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

1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater on this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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

1964  On March - 20 eSRO established, European Space Research Organization   

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on this day in history.   

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

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

1967  On March - 20 a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam   

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 March - 20.   

1968  On this day in history carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

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

1969  On March - 20 uS President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970   

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

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

1972  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51 on March - 20.   

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 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 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 this day in history.   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.   

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

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

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

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.