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  "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  On March - 20 mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

1968  On March - 20 president Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

1968  On this day in history carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

1969  On this day in history 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  Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee on March - 20.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

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  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

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  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

1393  On this day in history 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 this day in history.