Page 7: Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

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  On this day in history mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes   

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France on March - 20.   

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

1956  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

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  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  On March - 20 sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater   

1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on March - 20.   

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

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

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

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

1966  On March - 20 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 March - 20.   

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

1968  On March - 20 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  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  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  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 this day in history.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

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

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  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

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

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  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45