Historical Events In March - 20

1990  On March - 20 singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident   

1990  On this day in history the Canadian government to pass law forcing financial institutions to keep records of large cash transactions; so criminals cannot launder money   

1990  Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history consumer and Corporate Affairs reports that personal and business bankruptcies reached their highest level ever; up 68% from 1990.   

1991  Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history michael Jackson signs $65M six album deal with Sony records   

1991  On March - 20 uS forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland   

1991  On March - 20 conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5   

1992  On March - 20 janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set   

1992  Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses on March - 20.   

1992  On March - 20 avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93   

1993  On March - 20 iRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England   

1993  Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs on March - 20.   

1993  Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85 on March - 20.   

1994  14th Golden Raspberry Awards Indecent Proposal wins on March - 20.   

1994  On March - 20 brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X   

1994  El Salvador's first Presidential election following 12-year-old civil war on March - 20.   

1994  Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1994  Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on first inn to win Logan Cup on March - 20.   

1994  Wrestlemania X at Madison Square Garden New York, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna on this day in history.   

1994  Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa on this day in history.   

1994  On March - 20 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins   

1995  Beatles song, "Free As A Bird", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, first Fab Four single in more than 30 years on March - 20.   

1995  Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) on March - 20.   

1995  In Tokyo, Japan, at the height of the morning rush hour, five two-man terrorist teams from the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult, riding on separate subway trains, converge at the Kasumigaseki station and secretly release lethal sarin gas into the air on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured   

1995  On March - 20 merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies   

1996  Erik &Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history uK admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka Mad Cow Disease)   

1997  Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive on March - 20.   

2005  At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor on March - 20.   

2006  On March - 20 tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia.   

2012  50 people are killed and 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq on March - 20.   

2013  Pierre Deligne wins the 2013 Abel Prize in mathematics on March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on March - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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