Historical Events In March - 20

1954  "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on March - 20.  

1954  Newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania) on March - 20.  

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

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 March - 20.  

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France on March - 20.  

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on March - 20.  

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

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission on March - 20.  

1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater on March - 20.  

1962  On this day in history andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies  

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  On this day in history karl Otten, writer, dies at 73  

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

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on March - 20.  

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on March - 20.  

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  On March - 20 a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam  

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

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

1969  On March - 20 uS President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970  

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

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 this day in history.  

1477  On March - 20 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 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 March - 20 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 March - 20 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  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

1191  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

1239  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

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  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