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

1918  On March - 20 bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)   

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 March - 20 douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician   

1920  On this day in history venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60   

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

1922  On March - 20 uSS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier   

1922  Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) on March - 20.   

1923  Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA on this day in history.   

1923  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 george N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66   

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 March - 20.   

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 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 March - 20.   

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

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

1933  Establishment of the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau on March - 20.   

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

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

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

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

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

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

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

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 this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.   

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45