Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on March - 20.   

1916  On this day in history pierre Messmer, PM (France)   

1917  Lieutenant FH McNamara, 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, becomes the only member of the AFC to win a Victoria Cross for his action in the raid on Tel el Hasi, Palestine on this day in history.   

1917  Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958) on this day in history.   

1918  Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) on March - 20.   

1920  The first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months) on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 20 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld   

1920  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger on this day in history.   

1920  1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician   

1920  Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on March - 20.   

1921  Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO) on this day in history.   

1922  USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier on March - 20.   

1922  Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA   

1923  On this day in history belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent   

1924  Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn on this day in history.   

1925  James Pickles, judge on this day in history.   

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)   

1928  Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on this day in history.   

1929  British Columbia Telephone Company sets up subsidiary, North-West Telephone Company, the world's first radiotelephone company on this day in history.   

1929  On March - 20 ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77   

1930  Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph on this day in history.   

1931  Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin on this day in history.   

1932  On March - 20 kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR   

1933  Dachau, first concentration camp, completed on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history establishment of the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau.   

1933  On March - 20 dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed   

1933  Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR on this day in history.   

1934  On March - 20 test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany   

1934  Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76   

1935  "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio on March - 20.   

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

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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  On March - 20 birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

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 this day in history.   

0842  On March - 20 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 March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

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