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

1955  On this day in history kXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1956  On March - 20 tunisia gains independence from France   

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

1956  USSR performs nuclear test on March - 20.   

1956  156-day strike against Westinghouse ends on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 20 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 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 this day in history 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)   

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

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

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  On this day in history supremes release "The Happening"   

1967  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 president Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

1968  On March - 20 carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

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

1969  On this day in history uS President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970   

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

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On March - 20 hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down   

1974  Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 on March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  On March - 20 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  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

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

1191  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45