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Information about March 20


March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap


years). There are 286 days remaining.


Events


   * 1413 - Henry V becomes King of England


   * 1602 - The Dutch East India Company is established.


   * 1739 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing


     the jewels of the Peacock Thrown.


   * 1760 - The "Great Fire" of Boston destroyers 349 buildings.


   * 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.


   * 1848 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates


   * 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published


   * 1899 - At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman


     executed in an electric chair.


   * 1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese nationalist party


     (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days after.


   * 1914 - In New Haven, Connecticut the first international figure skating


     championship takes place.


   * 1922 - The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy


     aircraft carrier.


   * 1933 - Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed


   * 1952 - The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.


   * 1956 - Tunisia gains independence from France


   * 1964 - The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space


     Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June


     14, 1962.


   * 1976 - Patty Hearst is found guilty of armed robbery of a San Francisco


     Bank.


   * 1985 - Libby Riddles becomes the first women to win the 1,135-mile


     Iditarod dog sled race.


   * 1987 - The Food and Drug Administration approves anti-AIDS drug AZT.


   * 1990 - Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for


     bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.


   * 1995 - Terrorist incident: Members of the Aum Supreme Truth release


     sarin gas in the Tokyo on five separate subway trains killing 12 and


     injuring around 5,500.


   * 1996 - In Los Angeles, California, Erik and Lyle Menendez are found


     guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.


   * 2000 - Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther, is captured


     after gun battle that left a sheriff's deputy dead.


   * 2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: The United States and three other


     countries invade Iraq.


Births


   * 43 BC - Ovid, poet (+ 17/18)


   * 1770 - Friedrich Hšlderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist (+


     1843)


   * 1811 - Napoleon II of France (+ 1832)


   * 1823 - Ned Buntline, "dime novelist", publisher, writer, publicist (+


     1886)


   * 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, playwright and dramatist (+ 1906)


   * 1856 - Frederick W. Taylor, inventor, efficiency expert


   * 1874 - Bšrries von MŸnchhausen, poet (+ 1945)


   * 1890 - Beniamino Gigli, tenor (+ 1957)


   * 1890 - Lauritz Melchior, opera singer (+ 1973)


   * 1904 - B. F. Skinner, behavioral psychologist (+ 1990)


   * 1906 - Ozzie Nelson, actor, band leader (+ 1975)


   * 1908 - Sir Michael Redgrave, actor (+ 1985)


   * 1915 - Rudolf KirchschlŠger, Austrian President (+ 2000)


   * 1917 - Dame Vera Lynn, actress, singer


   * 1921 - Rudolf Noelte, film director (+ 2002)


   * 1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, singer (+ 1973)


   * 1922 - Carl Reiner, director, producer, actor, comedian


   * 1928 - Fred Rogers, children's television host (+ 2003)


   * 1934 - Willie Brown, mayor of San Francisco, California


   * 1937 - Jerry Reed, country musician


   * 1939 - Brian Mulroney, eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada


   * 1948 - Bobby Orr, ice hockey player


   * 1950 - William Hurt, actor


   * 1958 - Holly Hunter, actress


   * 1957 - Spike Lee, film director, actor


   * 1964 - Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer


   * 1964 - Tracy Chapman, musician


   * 1974 - Carsten Ramelow, football player, National Team of Germany


   * 1974 - Paula Garces, actress


   * 1976 - Chester Bennington, musician ("Linkin Park")


Deaths


   * 1413 - King Henry IV of England


   * 1568 - Albert of Prussia, first duke of Prussia


   * 1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, physicist


   * 1925 - George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon), British statesman


   * 1926 - Princess Louise of Sweden


   * 1974 - Chet Huntley, television journalist


   * 1990 - Lev Yashin, Soviet football goalkeeper


   * 1997 - Tony Zale, Boxer


   * 2000 - Gene Eugene, actor, singer


Holidays and observances


   * An equinox usually occurs on this day.


   * The second day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of


     Minerva.


   * International Birthday

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