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 March - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on March - 20.   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater   

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

1963  On March - 20 sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

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

1963  On this day in history karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

1964  ESRO established, European Space Research Organization on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history supremes release "The Happening"   

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

1968  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar   

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 this day in history 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  Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

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

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

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 this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.