Page 7: Historical Events In March - 20

1954  "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances on March - 20.   

1954  Newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania) on March - 20.   

1954  On March - 20 "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances   

1955  On this day in history kXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on March - 20.   

1956  Tunisia gains independence from France on this day in history.   

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on this day in history.   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it   

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

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth first transmission on March - 20.   

1962  On March - 20 sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater   

1962  On this day in history andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke on this day in history.   

1963  1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) on this day in history.   

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

1964  ESRO established, European Space Research Organization on this day in history.   

1964  On March - 20 brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41   

1965  On March - 20 venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi   

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  On March - 20 supremes release "The Happening"   

1967  A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam on this day in history.   

1968  Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) on this day in history.   

1968  President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money on this day in history.   

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

1969  On March - 20 beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar   

1969  On this day in history uS President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970   

1972  On March - 20 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche   

1972  On March - 20 sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee   

1972  On March - 20 aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51   

1973  On this day in history 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  Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down on this day in history.   

1974  Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 on March - 20.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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

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

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

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

1728  On March - 20 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  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

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

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.