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Saturday
March 20, 2010

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Today In History

Today is March 20


Here is what happened today.
2003  US begins war of Enduring Freedom against Iraq.
1997  "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances
1997  Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
1997  Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
1997  "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 61 performances
1996  UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
1996  "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater NYC
1996  Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents
1996  U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
1996  "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City
1996  Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents
1995  Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1995  Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)
1995  Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1994  "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs
1994  "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
1994  "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
1994  El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war
1994  14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins
1994  Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
1994  Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X
1994  Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup
1994  Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
1994  Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna
1994  El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war
1994  "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances
1994  "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 41 performances
1994  "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 137 performances
1993  Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
1993  IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England
1993  Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs
1993  Morton Downey, Jr. weds Lori Krebs
1992  Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set
1992  Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses
1991  Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
1991  Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus
1991  US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland
1991  Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records
1991  U.S. forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland
1990  Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident
1990  Los Angeles Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
1990  LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
1989  Richard J Kerr replaces Robert M Gates as deputy director of CIA
1989  Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1989  Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA
1988  David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City
1988  David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC
1988  Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open
1988  Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1987  Soap opera "Capitol" final episode
1987  Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit
1987  Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36)
1987  FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment)
1987  NASA launches Palapa B2P
1986  Jacques Chirac forms French government
1986  228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record)
1986  228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record)
1985  Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race
1984  Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
1984  Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
1984  Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools
1983  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
1982  1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is vs. Barbados
1982  Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
1982  Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
1982  France performs nuclear test
1982  1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados
1981  Argentine ex-president Isabel Per¢n sentenced to 8 years
1981  Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr
1981  Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years
1980  US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1980  The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks
1980  U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1979  Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center
1978  Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
1977  Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
1977  Communists/socialists win French municipal elections
1977  Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century
1976  Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
1976  Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
1973  Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death
1972  19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1972  S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
1971  Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
1969  Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1969  Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa
1969  U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1969  US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1968  LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
1968  Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1968  Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money
1967  WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967  Supremes release "The Happening"
1966  Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1966  Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi
1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. NZ at Delhi
1965  27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
1964  ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
1963  1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City)
1963  Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
1963  1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)
1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
1958  Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1958  50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
1958  Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
1957  Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
1956  U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1956  156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes
1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
1956  E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
1956  Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
1956  Tunisia gains independence from France
1956  USSR performs nuclear test
1955  KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955  KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954  16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
1954  1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
1954  "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances
1954  "King and I" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1246 performances
1953  Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole
1952  24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win
1952  U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan
1952  US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan
1952  Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
1952  24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart & Vivian Leigh win
1951  Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1948  1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90
1948  20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC
1947  180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
1946  Belgian government of Spaak, resigns
1946  Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns
1945  U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar
1945  US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar
1944  Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
1944  Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16
1944  Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16
1943  German U-384 bombed & sinks
1943  British offensive against Mareth-line
1943  German U-384 bombed and sinks
1942  General MacArthur vows, "I shall return"
1942  Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
1942  Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return"
1942  Major German assault on Malta
1941  Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn
1940  Paul Reynoud becomes French premier
1939  7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania
1937  Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain
1935  "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
1934  Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1934  Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany
1934  Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany
1934  Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1933  Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed
1932  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR
1931  Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
1930  Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph
1924  Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn
1924  Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2
1923  Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA
1923  Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
1922  WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions
1922  USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier
1922  WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1920  U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1920  1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1« months)
1920  US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
1920  US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1920  U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
1920  1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1 month)
1916  Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
1914  1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven
1914  1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
1911  National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
1911  National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City)
1911  Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City
1911  Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC
1906  George B. Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
1906  George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
1897  1st U.S. orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in New York
1897  1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
1897  1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY
1897  France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
1896  Uprising in Matabeleland
1896  Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
1896  Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens
1890  General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded
1890  German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
1888  Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
1886  1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass
1886  1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts
1885  John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine
1885  Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta
1885  Yiddish theater opens in New York with Golldfaden operetta
1883  Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property
1868  Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000
1865  2nd day of Battle of Bentonville North Carolina
1865  Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives
1865  2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC
1863  Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals
1863  Battle of Pensacola Florida - evacuated by Federals
1852  Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)
1848  King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez
1833  U.S. and Siam sign commercial treaty
1833  US & Siam sign commercial treaty
1816  U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
1816  US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
1814  Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands
1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo
1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo
1760  Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
1697  Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
1627  France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1627  France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1616  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty
1598  French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty
1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the C‚
1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce
1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
141  6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet


These people died on March 20


1997  Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67
1996  Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71
1996  Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86
1996  Alan Ridout, composer, dies at 61
1995  Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88
1995  Sidney Kingslei, playwright, dies at 88
1995  Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
1995  Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies
1993  Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
1993  Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
1992  Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67
1992  Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82
1992  Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
1991  Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5
1990  Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90
1990  Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
1988  Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
1987  Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1982  Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52
1976  Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61
1974  [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, Black US advocate in Virg, dies at 83
1974  Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
1972  Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50
1972  Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
1972  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51
1968  Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
1967  A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
1964  Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
1963  Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73
1962  C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
1953  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60
1951  Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer, dies at 60
1951  Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
1950  Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
1944  Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
1942  Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
1941  D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
1936  Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
1934  A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76
1933  Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR
1929  Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
1928  Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)
1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
1920  Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
1913  Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies
1913  Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
1911  Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
1910  F‚lix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
1899  Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution
1898  Luis Pal‚s Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tunt£n the paso y grifer¡a), dies
1894  Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
1892  Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
1874  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
1873  Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23
1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27
1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87
1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies
1727  Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45
1393  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies

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