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 March - 20.   

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

1956  On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France   

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 March - 20.   

1957  Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it on March - 20.   

1958  On this day in history 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line   

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission on this day in history.   

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  On March - 20 sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

1963  1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 20 karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

1964  On March - 20 eSRO established, European Space Research Organization   

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  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 March - 20 supremes release "The Happening"   

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 this day in history.   

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

1968  On March - 20 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  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  On March - 20 aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1469  On March - 20 birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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 March - 20.   

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

1644  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.   

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