March 20

March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). There are 286 days remaining.

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 Recorded this date

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 Throne.
1760 - The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 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.
1883 - Signature of Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
1899 - At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.
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.
1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1914 - In New Haven, Connecticut the first international figure skating championship takes place.
1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
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.
1966 - The World Cup is stolen from Central Hall, London
1969 - Marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
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.
1976 - Patty Hearst is found guilty of armed robbery of a San Francisco Bank.
1985 - Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.
1986 - Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France
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.
1993 - An Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Warrington, North West England, killing two children.
1995 - Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
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: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
2004 - Millions worldwide protest the 2003 Iraq War under the slogan, "The World STILL Says No To War!"

Births

43 BC - Ovid, poet, (d. 17/18)
1770 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist, (d. 1843)
1811 - Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832)
1823 - Ned Buntline, "dime novelist", publisher, writer, publicist, (d. 1886)
1828 - Henrik Ibsen, playwright and dramatist, (d. 1906)
1831 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (d. 1881)
1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, inventor, efficiency expert, (d. 1915)
1870 - Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
1874 - Börries von Münchhausen, poet, (d. 1945)
1890 - Beniamino Gigli, tenor, (d. 1957)
1890 - Lauritz Melchior, opera singer, (d. 1973)
1897 - Mother Ruby Muhammad, matriarch of Black Islam
1904 - B. F. Skinner, behavioral psychologist, (d. 1990)
1906 - Ozzie Nelson, actor, band leader, (d. 1975)
1908 - Sir Michael Redgrave, actor, (d. 1985)
1915 - Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian President, (d. 2000)
1917 - Dame Vera Lynn, actress, singer
1921 - Rudolf Noelte, film director, (d. 2002)
1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, singer, (d. 1973)
1922 - Carl Reiner, director, producer, actor, comedian
1928 - Fred Rogers, children's television host, (d. 2003)
1934 - Willie Brown, mayor of San Francisco, California
1937 - Jerry Reed, country musician
1939 - Brian Mulroney, eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1948 - John de Lancie, actor (', ')
1948 - Bobby Orr, ice hockey player
1950 - William Hurt, actor
1957 - Spike Lee, film director, actor
1958 - Holly Hunter, actress
1962 - Stephen Sommers, film director
1964 - Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
1964 - Tracy Chapman, musician
1974 - Carsten Ramelow, football player, National Team of Germany
1974 - Paula Garces, actress
1974 - Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer
1976 - Chester Bennington, musician ("Linkin Park")
1982 - Moreira, football player

Deaths

1413 - King Henry IV of England, (b. 1367)
1568 - Albert of Prussia, first duke of Prussia, (b. 1490)
1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, physicist, (b. 1642)
1855 - Joseph Aspdin, inventor of Portland cement (b. 1788)
1925 - George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon), British statesman, (b. 1859)
1926 - Princess Louise of Sweden, (b. 1929)
1934 - Queen Regent Emma of the Netherlands, (b. 1858)
1974 - Chet Huntley, television journalist
1990 - Lev Yashin, Soviet football goalkeeper
1997 - Tony Zale, Boxer, (b. 1913)
2000 - Gene Eugene, actor, singer, (b. 1961)
2004 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, (b. 1909)

Holidays and observances

The vernal equinox usually occurs on this day.
The second day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
New Year of Iranian Calendar: Norouz occurs on the vernal equinox.
Feast of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria

Recorded this date

1901 "Zamona"(w. Frederic Ranken m. William Loraine) Metropolitan Orchestra

1903 "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down"(w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer) William H. Thompson
1906 "The Moon Has His Eyes On You"(w. Billy Johnson m. Albert von Tilzer) Frank C. Stanley & Corinne Morgan
1909 "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!"(w. Will D. Cobb m. John H. Flynn) Blanche Ring O/Walter B. Rogers
1914 "The Eye Beneath The Busby"(Kemble) Peter Dawson
1914 "Contraband"(Geehl) Peter Dawson
1914 "A Sailor's Paradise"(Richards) Peter Dawson
1914 "Remember"(Phipson) Peter Dawson
1917 "Farewell In The Desert"(Adams) Peter Dawson
1922 "Nola"(m. Felix Arndt) Vincent Lopez & his Orchestra
1924 "It Had To Be You"(w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones) Sam Lanin & his Orchestra
1928 "Empty Bed Blues"(w.m. J. C. Johnson) Bessie Smith
1929 "My Troubles Are Over"(w. Edgar Leslie m. James V. Monaco, Ed Leslie) Sunshine Boys (Joe & Dan Mooney)
1930 "Exactly Like You"(w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh) Irving Kaufman Jack Albin & his Orchestra
1931 "Stomp Your Stuff"(Blythe) Alfred Bell State Street Ramblers
1933 "Jolly Old Ma, Jolly Old Pa"(Wallace) Leslie Sarony
1935 "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life"(w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert) Jeanette MacDonald MGM Studio Orchestra cond. Herbert Stothart
1935 "Italian Street Song"(w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert) Jeanette MacDonald O/Herbert Stothart
1935 "Streamline Strut"(Phillips) Ambrose & his Orchestra
1935 "Gertie, The Girl With The Gong"(Sonin, Munro) Elsie Carlisle & Sam Browne Ambrose & his Orchestra
1935 "Life Begins At Oxford Circus"(w.m. Horatio Nicholls) v. Chorus Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1935 "I Believe In Miracles"(w. Sam Lewis m. Pete Wendling & George W. Meyer) Ken Tucker Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1935 "She Wore A Little Jacket Of Blue" Billy Munn Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1935 "Put On An Old Pair Of Shoes"(w.m. Billy Hill & Dedette Lee Hill) Sonny Farrar, Brian Lee & Ken Tucker Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1936 "We Saw The Sea"(w.m. Irving Berlin) Peter Dawson
1936 "Get Happy"(w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen) Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
1936 "I Know That You Know"(w. Anne Caldwell m. Vincent Youmans) Benny Goodman
1936 "Christopher Columbus"(w. Andy Razaf m. Leon Berry) Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
1936 "You're Not The Kind"(w.m. Will Hudson & Irving Mills) Ruth Gaylor Hudson- De Lange Orchestra
1936 "Organ Grinder's Swing"(w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Will Hudson) Hudson- De Lange Orchestra
1936 "Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mustang"(w.m. Buddy Bernier, Billy Reid & George Whiting) Peter Dawson
1936 "There'll Be No South"(Schertzinger) Peter Dawson
1938 "My Walking Stick"(w.m. Irving Berlin) Tony Martin Ray Noble & his Orchestra
1938 "Now It Can Be Told"(w.m. Irving Berlin) Tony Martin Ray Noble & his Orchestra
1938 "Love Walked In"(w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin) Tommy Ryan Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra
1939 "Don't Worry 'Bout Me"(w. Ted Koehler m. Rube Bloom) Helen Humes Count Basie & his Orchestra
1939 "That Sly Old Gentleman"(w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco) Harriet Hilliard Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra
1939 "Our Love"(w.m. Larry Clinton, Buddy Bernier & Bob Emmerich) Mary Martin O/Ray Sinatra
1939 "Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair"(w. m. Stephen Collins Foster) Maxine Sullivan
1940 "No Name Jive"(m. Larry Wagner) Casa Loma Orchestra
1940 "Y'En A Un De Trop"(Édith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot) Édith Piaf
1940 "Let There Be Love"(w. Ian Grant m. Lionel Rand) Tommy Ryan Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra
1940 "Hear My Song, Violetta"(w. (Ger) Ermenegildo Carosio & Othmar Klose (Eng) Buddy Bernier & Bob Emmerich m. Rudolf Luckesch & Othmar Klose) Tony Martin O/Ray Sinatra
1941 "All That Meat And No Potatoes"(w.m. Fats Waller & Ed Kirkeby) Fats Waller & his Rhythm
1942 "Pistol Packin' Mama"(w.m. Al Dexter) Al Dexter Al Dexter & his Troopers
1942 "The White Cliffs Of Dover"(w. Nat Burton m. Walter Kent) Vera Lynn O/Mantovani
1946 "Ma Blushin' Rosie"(w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg) Al Jolson
1946 "You Made Me Love You"(w. Joseph McCarthy m. James V. Monaco) Al Jolson
1946 "My Mammy"(w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson) Al Jolson
1947 "The Stars Will Remember (So Will I)"(w.m. Don Pelosi & Leo Towers) Monte Rey O/Eddie Griffiths
1949 "Wedding Bells"(w.m. Claude Boone) Hank Williams
1951 "We Kiss In A Shadow"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers) Perry Como O/Mitchell Ayres
1951 "Hello, Young Lovers"(w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers) Perry Como O/Mitchell Ayres
1951 "Too Young"(w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman) Patty Andrews O/Victor Young
1955 "Experience Unnecessary"(w.m. Gladys Shelley, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore) Sarah Vaughan O/Hugo Peretti
1957 "Hula Love"(adapt. Buddy Knox) Buddy Knox
1958 "The Day You Left Me"(Cindy Walker) Eddy Arnold
1961 "Day By Day"(w. Sammy Cahn m. Paul Weston & Axel Stordahl) Frank Sinatra O/Billy May
1961 "Hello, Mary Lou"(w.m. Gene Pitney) Ricky Nelson
1961 "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"(w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh) Frank Sinatra O/Billy May
1961 "Sentimental Journey"(w. Bud Green m. Les Brown & Ben Homer) Frank Sinatra O/Billy May
1961 "Don't Take Your Love From Me"(w.m. Henry Nemo) Frank Sinatra O/Billy May
1963 "Abilene"(w.m. John D. Loudermilk, Lester Brown, Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton) George Hamilton IV
1967 "Who?"(w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1967 "The Varsity Drag"(w. B. G. de Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1967 "Carioca"(w. Gus Kahn & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1967 "Button Up Your Overcoat"(w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1967 "Moonlight On The Ganges"(w. Chester Wallace m. Sherman Myers) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1967 "I Wanna Be Loved By You"(w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby & Herbert Stothart) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1967 "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune"(w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager) Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards)
1969 "A Man Alone"(Rod McKuen) Frank Sinatra O/Don Costa
1969 "Love's Been Good To Me"(w.m. Rod McKuen) Frank Sinatra O/Don Costa

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