March, 20th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 20, 2005:
2005 – The Sports Central Re-Opens

Thursday 20, 2003:
2003 – 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.

Monday 20, 2000:
2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead.

Wednesday 20, 1996:
1996 – In Los Angeles, California, Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.

Monday 20, 1995:
1995 – Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway killing 12 and wounding 1300 persons.

Saturday 20, 1993:
1993 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Warrington, northwest England, killing two children.

Tuesday 20, 1990:
1990 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.

Friday 20, 1987:
1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves anti-AIDS drug AZT.

Thursday 20, 1986:
1986 – Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France

Wednesday 20, 1985:
1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.

Tuesday 20, 1979:
1979 – REXX programming language created

Saturday 20, 1976:
1976 – Patty Hearst is found guilty of the armed robbery of a San Francisco, California bank.

Wednesday 20, 1974:
1974 – A failed kidnap attempt is made on Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.

Thursday 20, 1969:
1969 – In Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.

Sunday 20, 1966:
1966 – The World Cup is stolen from Central Hall, London

Saturday 20, 1965:
1965 – In Naples, Italy, France Gall wins the tenth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (Wax doll, talking doll).

Friday 20, 1964:
1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.

Tuesday 20, 1956:
1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France.

Thursday 20, 1952:
1952 – The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.

Saturday 20, 1948:
1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.

Friday 20, 1942:
1942 – General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".

Monday 20, 1933:
1933 – Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.

Monday 20, 1922:
1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.

Monday 20, 1916:
1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.

Friday 20, 1914:
1914 – In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.

Thursday 20, 1913:
1913 – Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.

Sunday 20, 1904:
1904 – Aleister Crowley invokes Horus in Egypt and declares the start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon Of The Crowned And Conquering Child.

Monday 20, 1899:
1899 – At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.

Tuesday 20, 1883:
1883 – Signature of Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Thursday 20, 1856:
1856 – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers

Saturday 20, 1852:
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

Monday 20, 1848:
1848 – King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.

Monday 20, 1815:
1815 – Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

Thursday 20, 1760:
1760 – The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 349 buildings.

Friday 20, 1739:
1739 – Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

Wednesday 20, 1602:
1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.

Saturday 20, 1413:
1413 – Henry V becomes King of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 20

1984:
Marcus Vick, American football quarterback (b: March 20, 1984) (Biography of Marcus Vick)
Winta, Norwegian musician (b: March 20, 1984) (Biography of Winta)

1979:
Bianca Lawson, American actress (b: March 20, 1979) (Biography of Bianca Lawson)

1976:
Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park) (b: March 20, 1976) (Biography of Chester Bennington)

1974:
Paula Garces, Colombian actress (b: March 20, 1974) (Biography of Paula Garces)
Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer (b: March 20, 1974) (Biography of Andrzej Pilipiuk)

1972:
Alexander Kapranos, English singer and guitarist (Franz Ferdinand (band)) (b: March 20, 1972) (Biography of Alexander Kapranos)

1964:
Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer (b: March 20, 1964) (Biography of Natacha Atlas)

1963:
Kathy Ireland, American model and actress (b: March 20, 1963) (Biography of Kathy Ireland)

1962:
Stephen Sommers, American film director (b: March 20, 1962) (Biography of Stephen Sommers)

1958:
Holly Hunter, American actress (b: March 20, 1958) (Biography of Holly Hunter)

1957:
Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress (b: March 20, 1957) (Biography of Vanessa Bell Calloway)
Spike Lee, American film director and actor (b: March 20, 1957) (Biography of Spike Lee)
Theresa Russell, American actress (b: March 20, 1957) (Biography of Theresa Russell)

1950:
William Hurt, American actor (b: March 20, 1950) (Biography of William Hurt)
Carl Palmer, British musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (b: March 20, 1950) (Biography of Carl Palmer)

1948:
John de Lancie, American actor (b: March 20, 1948) (Biography of John de Lancie)
Bobby Orr, Canadian hockey player (b: March 20, 1948) (Biography of Bobby Orr)

1945:
Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach (b: March 20, 1945) (Biography of Pat Riley)

1939:
Brian Mulroney, eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b: March 20, 1939) (Biography of Brian Mulroney)

1937:
Jerry Reed, American musician (b: March 20, 1937) (Biography of Jerry Reed)

1936:
Vaughn Meader, American comedian (b: March 20, 1936) (Biography of Vaughn Meader)

1935:
Ted Bessell, American actor (b: March 20, 1935) (Biography of Ted Bessell)

1934:
Willie Brown, Mayor of San Francisco (b: March 20, 1934) (Biography of Willie Brown (politician))

1931:
Hal Linden, American actor (b: March 20, 1931) (Biography of Hal Linden)

1928:
Fred Rogers, American children's television host (b: March 20, 1928 ; d: February 27, 2003) (Biography of Fred Rogers)

1925:
John Ehrlichman, American political figure (b: March 20, 1925 ; d: February 14, 1999) (Biography of John Ehrlichman)

1922:
Ray Goulding, American comedian (b: March 20, 1922 ; d: March 24, 1990) (Biography of Ray Goulding)
Carl Reiner, American director, producer, actor, and comedian (b: March 20, 1922) (Biography of Carl Reiner)

1921:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (b: March 20, 1921) (Biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

1920:
Pamela Harriman, British-American socialite and diplomat (b: March 20, 1920 ; d: February 5, 1997) (Biography of Pamela Harriman)

1918:
Jack Barry, American television host (b: March 20, 1918) (Biography of Jack Barry (television))
Marian McPartland, British jazz musician (b: March 20, 1918) (Biography of Marian McPartland)

1917:
Dame Vera Lynn, English actress and singer (b: March 20, 1917) (Biography of Vera Lynn)

1915:
Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (b: March 20, 1915) (Biography of Rudolf Kirchschlager)
Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b: March 20, 1915 ; d: August 8, 1997) (Biography of Sviatoslav Richter)

1911:
Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: March 20, 1911 ; d: September 2, 1991) (Biography of Alfonso García Robles)

1908:
Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (b: March 20, 1908 ; d: March 21, 1985) (Biography of Michael Redgrave)

1906:
Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City (b: March 20, 1906 ; d: February 10, 2001) (Biography of Abraham Beame)
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and band leader (b: March 20, 1906) (Biography of Ozzie Nelson)

1904:
B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (b: March 20, 1904) (Biography of B. F. Skinner)

1903:
Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b: March 20, 1903 ; d: April 4, 1979) (Biography of Edgar Buchanan)

1895:
Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (b: March 20, 1895 ; d: November 29, 1981) (Biography of Fredric Wertham)

1890:
Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b: March 20, 1890) (Biography of Beniamino Gigli)
Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (b: March 20, 1890) (Biography of Lauritz Melchior)

1874:
Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b: March 20, 1874) (Biography of Borries von Muenchhausen)

1870:
Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b: March 20, 1870 ; d: March 9, 1964) (Biography of Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck)

1856:
Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor and efficiency expert (b: March 20, 1856) (Biography of Frederick Winslow Taylor)

1836:
Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b: March 20, 1836 ; d: July 26, 1919) (Biography of Edward Poynter)

1834:
Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University (b: March 20, 1834 ; d: August 22, 1926) (Biography of Charles W. Eliot)

1831:
Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b: March 20, 1831 ; d: September 22, 1881) (Biography of Solomon L. Spink)

1828:
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b: March 20, 1828 ; d: May 23, 1906) (Biography of Henrik Ibsen)

1823:
Ned Buntline, American publisher, writer, and publicist (b: March 20, 1823) (Biography of Ned Buntline)

1811:
Napoleon II of France, (b: March 20, 1811 ; d: July 22, 1832) (Biography of Napoleon II of France)

1770:
Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (b: March 20, 1770 ; d: June 6, 1843) (Biography of Friedrich Hölderlin)

1741:
Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b: March 20, 1741 ; d: July 15, 1828) (Biography of Jean Antoine Houdon)

1737:
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b: March 20, 1737 ; d: September 7, 1809) (Biography of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke)

1725:
Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b: March 20, 1725) (Biography of Abdul Hamid I)

1502:
Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b: March 20, 1502 ; d: December 31, 1575) (Biography of Pierino Belli)

1477:
Jerome Emser, German theologian (b: March 20, 1477 ; d: November 8, 1527) (Biography of Jerome Emser)

-43:
Ovid, Roman poet (b: March 20, -43) (Biography of Ovid)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-march/births.html

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People who died on March 20

2005:
Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (b: January 3, 1912 ; d: March 20, 2005) (Biography of Armand Lohikoski)

2004:
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b: April 30, 1909 ; d: March 20, 2004) (Biography of Juliana of the Netherlands)

2003:
Sailor Art Thomas (d: March 20, 2003) (Biography of Sailor Art Thomas)

2000:
Gene Eugene (d: March 20, 2000) (Biography of Gene Eugene)

1997:
Tony Zale, American boxer (b: May 29, 1913 ; d: March 20, 1997) (Biography of Tony Zale)

1994:
Lewis Grizzard (d: March 20, 1994) (Biography of Lewis Grizzard)

1993:
Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 26, 1911 ; d: March 20, 1993) (Biography of Polykarp Kusch)

1990:
Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (b: October 22, 1922 ; d: March 20, 1990) (Biography of Lev Yashin)

1974:
Chet Huntley, American journalist (b: December 10, 1911 ; d: March 20, 1974) (Biography of Chet Huntley)

1940:
Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b: March 22, 1860 ; d: March 20, 1940) (Biography of Alfred Ploetz)

1934:
Emma of the Netherlands (d: March 20, 1934) (Biography of Emma of the Netherlands)

1929:
Ferdinand Foch, French soldier (b: October 2, 1851 ; d: March 20, 1929) (Biography of Ferdinand Foch)

1925:
Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (b: January 11, 1859 ; d: March 20, 1925) (Biography of George Nathaniel Curzon)

1890:
Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b: March 9, 1825 ; d: March 20, 1890) (Biography of Alexander F. Mozhaiski)

1878:
Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b: November 25, 1814 ; d: March 20, 1878) (Biography of Julius Robert von Mayer)

1855:
Joseph Aspdin (d: March 20, 1855) (Biography of Joseph Aspdin)

1793:
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b: March 2, 1705 ; d: March 20, 1793) (Biography of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield)

1746:
Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b: October 20, 1656 ; d: March 20, 1746) (Biography of Nicolas de Largillière)

1732:
Johann Ernst Hanxleden (d: March 20, 1732) (Biography of Johann Ernst Hanxleden)

1730:
Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b: April 5, 1692 ; d: March 20, 1730) (Biography of Adrienne Lecouvreur)

1727:
Isaac Newton, English scientist and philosopher (b: January 4, 1643 ; d: March 20, 1727) (Biography of Isaac Newton)

1673:
Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b: November 16, 1603 ; d: March 20, 1673) (Biography of Augustyn Kordecki)

1619:
Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor (b: February 24, 1557 ; d: March 20, 1619) (Biography of Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor)

1586:
Richard Maitland (d: March 20, 1586) (Biography of Richard Maitland)

1568:
Duke Albert of Prussia (b: May 16, 1490 ; d: March 20, 1568) (Biography of Albert of Prussia)

1413:
Henry IV of England (d: March 20, 1413) (Biography of Henry IV of England)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-march/deaths.html