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Birthday March 20, 1811 Napoleon II, king of Rome |
Birthday March 20, 1823 Ned Buntline born |
Birthday March 20, 1828 Henrik Ibsen, dramatist (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler), Norway |
Birthday March 20, 1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management |
Birthday March 20, 1904 B.F. Skinner, Behaviorist |
Birthday March 20, 1906 Abraham Beame, NYC mayor |
Birthday March 20, 1908 Frank Stanton, broadcasting exec |
Birthday March 20, 1908 Sir Michael Redgrave, Actor (Browning Version, The Lady Vanishes) |
Birthday March 20, 1914 Sviatosiav Richter, pianist |
Birthday March 20, 1922 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray) |
Birthday March 20, 1922 Carl Reiner, comedian |
Birthday March 20, 1922 Jack Kruschen |
Birthday March 20, 1925 John Ehrlichman, Watergate conspirator |
Birthday March 20, 1928 Fred Rogers, lovely day in the neighborhood |
Birthday March 20, 1931 Hal Linden, Actor (Barney Miller) |
Birthday March 20, 1936 Ted Bessell, (That Girl) |
Birthday March 20, 1937 Jerry Reed, Singer |
Birthday March 20, 1939 Brian Mulroney, (P-C), 18th PM of Canada (1984-, ) |
Birthday March 20, 1948 Bobby Orr, hockey hall-of-famer (Boston Bruins) |
History March 20, 1345 Black Death is created, allegedly |
History March 20, 1413 Henry V ascends upon father's death |
History March 20, 1727 Sir Isaac Newton dies in London at 84 |
History March 20, 1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings |
History March 20, 1778 King Louis XVI receives U.S. representatives |
History March 20, 1815 Napoleon enters Paris - begins 100 day rule |
History March 20, 1833 US & Siam conclude coml treaty |
History March 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is published |
History March 20, 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's `Uncle Tom's Cabin -' published |
History March 20, 1854 Republican Party founded |
History March 20, 1861 Willie and Tad Lincoln get the measles |
History March 20, 1886 1st AC commercial power plant begins operation |
History March 20, 1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens |
History March 20, 1899 Martha Place of Bkln - became 1st woman to die by electrocution |
History March 20, 1915 Britain and Russia divide future spoils of war |
History March 20, 1928 Auto pioneer James Packard dies |
History March 20, 1934 Babe Didrikson goes to the mound for Philly |
History March 20, 1942 Gen MacArthur vowed - "I shall return" |
History March 20, 1945 British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma |
History March 20, 1948 20th annual Academy Awards celebrated |
History March 20, 1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC |
History March 20, 1953 Khrushchev begins his rise to power |
History March 20, 1954 Americans alarmed about impending French defeat |
History March 20, 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France |
History March 20, 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ended |
History March 20, 1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition in NYC |
History March 20, 1965 LBJ pledges federal troops to Alabama civil-rights march |
History March 20, 1968 Retired Marine Commandant comments on conduct of war |
History March 20, 1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar |
History March 20, 1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery |
History March 20, 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scored on 6th penalty shot against Islanders |
History March 20, 1980 US appeals to Intl Court on hostages in Iran |
History March 20, 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15 to life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr |
History March 20, 1982 Joan Jett tops the pop charts with I Love Rock ‘n' Roll |
History March 20, 1995 Tokyo subways are attacked with sarin gas |
History March 20, 1995 Nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway |