Historical Events In March - 20

1954  On this day in history "King &I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances   

1954  On March - 20 newspaper vending machine first used (Columbia Pennsylvania)   

1954  On this day in history "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances   

1955  KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on March - 20.   

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

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

1956  On this day in history union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

1956  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

1956  156-day strike against Westinghouse ends on March - 20.   

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  Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater on March - 20.   

1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 20 sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

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

1963  On March - 20 karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

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

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

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi on March - 20.   

1966  On March - 20 in Uganda a 6.75 earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history, about 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported   

1967  On this day in history supremes release "The Happening"   

1967  On this day in history a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam   

1968  On March - 20 military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)   

1968  President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money on March - 20.   

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

1969  Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar on March - 20.   

1969  US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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 March - 20 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 this day in history hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down   

1974  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

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

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.   

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