Page 7: 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  "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on this day in history.   

1955  KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 20 mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes   

1956  On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France   

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on March - 20.   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

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

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

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

1962  On this day in history sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater   

1962  On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke on March - 20.   

1963  On March - 20 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)   

1963  On this day in history karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

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

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on March - 20.   

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  Supremes release "The Happening" on March - 20.   

1967  On March - 20 a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam   

1968  On this day in history military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)   

1968  On March - 20 president Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

1968  Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on March - 20.   

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  On March - 20 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche   

1972  On this day in history sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee   

1972  On this day in history aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51   

1973  On March - 20 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   

1974  On March - 20 hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down   

1974  On March - 20 chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62   

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

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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 March - 20.   

1239  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On March - 20 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.