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March 20, 2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan March 20, 2003 United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction March 20, 1997 "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 61 performances March 20, 1997 Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive March 20, 1997 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) March 20, 1996 "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City March 20, 1996 Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents March 20, 1996 U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) March 20, 1995 Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) March 20, 1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured March 20, 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 March 20, 1994 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 137 performances March 20, 1994 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 41 performances March 20, 1994 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances March 20, 1994 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins March 20, 1994 Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X March 20, 1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war March 20, 1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament March 20, 1994 Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup March 20, 1994 Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna March 20, 1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa March 20, 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) March 20, 1993 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England March 20, 1993 Morton Downey, Jr. weds Lori Krebs March 20, 1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set March 20, 1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses March 20, 1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney March 20, 1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records March 20, 1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus March 20, 1991 U.S. forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland March 20, 1990 Los Angeles Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 March 20, 1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident March 20, 1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation March 20, 1989 Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA March 20, 1988 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City March 20, 1988 Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open March 20, 1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title March 20, 1987 FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) March 20, 1987 NASA launches Palapa B2P March 20, 1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode March 20, 1987 Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit March 20, 1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36) March 20, 1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record) March 20, 1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government March 20, 1985 Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race March 20, 1984 Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres March 20, 1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools March 20, 1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open March 20, 1982 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is vs. Barbados March 20, 1982 France performs nuclear test March 20, 1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks March 20, 1982 Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa March 20, 1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years March 20, 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr March 20, 1980 U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran March 20, 1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center March 20, 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders March 20, 1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections March 20, 1977 Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century March 20, 1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India March 20, 1976 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70) March 20, 1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery March 20, 1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death March 20, 1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche March 20, 1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee March 20, 1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game March 20, 1969 Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa March 20, 1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar March 20, 1969 U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 March 20, 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money March 20, 1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) March 20, 1967 Supremes release "The Happening" March 20, 1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting March 20, 1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open March 20, 1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 March 20, 1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. NZ at Delhi March 20, 1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization March 20, 1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City) March 20, 1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke March 20, 1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater March 20, 1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line March 20, 1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting March 20, 1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission March 20, 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it March 20, 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends March 20, 1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP March 20, 1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes March 20, 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France March 20, 1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test March 20, 1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp March 20, 1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, California (CBS) begins broadcasting March 20, 1954 "King and I" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1246 performances March 20, 1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 March 20, 1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) March 20, 1952 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win March 20, 1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan March 20, 1952 U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan March 20, 1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java March 20, 1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 March 20, 1948 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC March 20, 1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic March 20, 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns March 20, 1945 U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar March 20, 1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 March 20, 1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes March 20, 1943 British offensive against Mareth-line March 20, 1943 German U-384 bombed and sinks March 20, 1942 Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia March 20, 1942 General MacArthur vows, "I shall return" March 20, 1942 Major German assault on Malta March 20, 1941 Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn March 20, 1940 Paul Reynoud becomes French premier March 20, 1939 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania March 20, 1937 Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain March 20, 1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio March 20, 1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany March 20, 1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany March 20, 1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers March 20, 1933 Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed March 20, 1932 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR March 20, 1931 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin March 20, 1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph March 20, 1924 Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn March 20, 1924 Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2 March 20, 1923 Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA March 20, 1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent March 20, 1922 USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier March 20, 1922 WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions March 20, 1920 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1 month) March 20, 1920 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld March 20, 1920 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger March 20, 1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium March 20, 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven March 20, 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) March 20, 1911 Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City March 20, 1906 George B. Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London March 20, 1897 1st U.S. orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in New York March 20, 1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 March 20, 1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia March 20, 1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens March 20, 1896 Uprising in Matabeleland March 20, 1890 General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded March 20, 1890 German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck March 20, 1888 Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" March 20, 1886 1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts March 20, 1885 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine March 20, 1885 Yiddish theater opens in New York with Golldfaden operetta March 20, 1883 Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property March 20, 1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000 March 20, 1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville North Carolina March 20, 1865 Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives March 20, 1863 Battle of Pensacola Florida - evacuated by Federals March 20, 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) March 20, 1848 King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez March 20, 1833 U.S. and Siam sign commercial treaty March 20, 1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions March 20, 1815 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule March 20, 1814 Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands March 20, 1800 French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo March 20, 1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings March 20, 1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" March 20, 1627 France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism March 20, 1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana March 20, 1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms March 20, 1598 French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty March 20, 1569 Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce March 20, 1525 Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants March 20, 1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" March 20, 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |