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  On March - 20 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  On this day in history mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes   

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 this day in history.   

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

1957  Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it on this day in history.   

1958  50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line on March - 20.   

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

1962  On March - 20 sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater   

1962  On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  On this day in history sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1968  President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money on March - 20.   

1968  Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

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  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.   

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

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

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

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