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

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

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France on March - 20.   

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on this day in history.   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

1958  On March - 20 greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission   

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 this day in history.   

1963  Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41   

1965  On March - 20 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 March - 20.   

1967  On this day in history supremes release "The Happening"   

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

1968  Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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

1974  On March - 20 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 this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  On this day in history 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 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 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 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  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

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