Page 5: Historical Events In March - 20

1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium on this day in history.   

1916  On March - 20 pierre Messmer, PM (France)   

1917  On March - 20 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   

1917  On March - 20 dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)   

1918  Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) on this day in history.   

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

1920  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld on March - 20.   

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  Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician on March - 20.   

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

1921  On this day in history amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)   

1922  USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier on this day in history.   

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

1923  On March - 20 bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA   

1923  Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 20 finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn   

1925  On March - 20 james Pickles, judge   

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on March - 20.   

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  On this day in history british Columbia Telephone Company sets up subsidiary, North-West Telephone Company, the world's first radiotelephone company   

1929  On this day in history ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77   

1930  On March - 20 clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph   

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

1932  On this day in history kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR   

1933  On March - 20 dachau, first concentration camp, completed   

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

1933  Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed on March - 20.   

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

1934  Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany on this day in history.   

1934  On March - 20 rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany   

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

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

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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 March - 20.   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  On March - 20 birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

1191  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

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

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

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.