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1634 Balthasar Bekker, theologist (Examiner of Comets) 1680 Emanuele baron d'Astorga, Italian composer (Sabat mater) 1736 Feike H of of the Crew/gang, Fries vicar/writer: Mayke Jakkelis 1770 Johann Friedrich Hlderlin, Tbingen Germany, lyric poet (Der Rhein) 1804 Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 1811 George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) 1811 Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, King of Rome 1812 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 1813 Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) 1823 John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1825 William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1828 Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) 1830 Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 1834 Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) 1853 George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate) 1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management 1868 Obe Postma, Fries poet/geography/historian (Friesche kleihoeve) 1882 Ren Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58) 1890 Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony) 19-- Big Bird, muppet (Sesame Street) 19-- Chip Zien, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Love Sidney, Reggie) 19-- John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives) 1902 Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction) 1903 Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961) 1904 B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) 1906 Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor 1906 Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) 1906 Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer 1908 Frank Stanton, broadcasting exec (CBS) 1908 Michael Redgrave, actor (Browning Version, The Lady Vanishes) 1911 Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasant settled) 1914 Sviatoslav Richter, Zhitomir Russia, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945) 1914 Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl) 1914 William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly) 1915 Rudolf Kirchschlger, president of Austria (1974- ) 1916 Pierre Messmer, PM (France) 1917 Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Sydnmaa) 1917 Vera Lynn, singer 1918 Bernd Zimmermann, German composer 1918 Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) 1920 Bryan Genesse, actor (Bold & Beautiful) 1920 Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland) 1920 Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes) 1921 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general of UNESCO 1922 Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) 1922 Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show) 1922 Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- ) 1922 Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose) 1922 Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch) 1922 Ray Goulding, Lowell Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray) 1923 Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist 1925 John Ehrlichman, Watergate conspirator 1926 Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) 1927 John Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet) 1927 Sidney Poitier, US actor/director (They call me Mr Tibbs) 1928 Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book) 1928 Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer 1928 Fred "Mr" Rogers, kid show host, "lovely day in the neighborhood" 1928 Hans Kng, Swiss religious theologist 1928 Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) 1931 David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission) 1931 Hal Linden [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic) 1931 John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics) 1934 Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England) 1937 Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960) 1937 Jerry Reed, singer/actor ('Gator, Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit) 1937 Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1938 French J van der Heden, journal/Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 1939 Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93) 1940 Mickey Preger, horse trainer 1941 Carlos Lopez, jockey 1945 Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- ) 1945 Pat Riley, NBA star/coach (SD, LA Lakers, NY Knicks) 1945 Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment) 1947 Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer) 1948 Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF hockey pro (Boston Bruins) 1948 Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives) 1950 William Hurt, Wash DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God) 1951 Guy Perry, rocker (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1951 Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds) 1951 Madan Lai, British cricketeer 1952 Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay) 1954 Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings) 1956 Phillip Oppenhein, British MP 1957 Spike Lee, director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X) 1957 Theresa Russell,[Paup], actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge) 1958 Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade) 1959 Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down) 1961 Slim Jim Phantom, drummer (Stray Cats-Stray Cat Strut) 1963 Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection) 1967 Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991) 1967 Randy Gullatt, horse trainer 1968 Eric Viscaal, soccer star (PSV/AA Gent) 1969 Paul Atkinson, jockey 1973 Jane March, Edgewater England, actress (The Lover) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 20842 Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturi, dies 1191 Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies 1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, dies 1415 Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies 1568 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies 1727 Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian nationalist, dies 1899 Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution 1910 Flix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies 1913 Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang, murdered 1920 Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico, murdered 1925 George N Curzon, British viceroy in India, dies 1929 Ferdinand Foch, German marshal (WW I), dies 1933 Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR 1934 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen's regent, dies at 76 1941 D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies 1950 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings) dies 1962 C Wright Mills, US Sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45 1964 Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies 1972 Jan Engelman, poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1972 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50 1974 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 1974 Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 1982 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52 1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure 1988 Gil Evans, US jazz composer/arranger, dies at 75 1990 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, writer, dies 1990 Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies 1991 Conor Clapton, 5, son of Eric Clapton, falls out of 53rd floor window 1992 Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies 1993 Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85 1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster killed by IRA at 3 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 20[Iran] Oil Nationalization Day [Tunisia] Independence Day (1956) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 20687 [Ang] Commemoration of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 20 [Afghanistan, Iran] Fiscal Year ends National Poison Prevention Week, begins [US] National Teenage Week begins 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: "cause of bacteria epidemic" 1602 Operations begin at United Dutch East-Indian Company 1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1815 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1833 US & Siam conclude commercial treaty 1848 King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) 1863 Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals 1865 Battle of Bentonville NC 1865 Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives 1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14.000 1885 Surinamer John Matzeliger patents shoe lacing machine 1886 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass 1888 Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" 1890 General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded 1890 J Palisa discovers asteroid #290 Bruna 1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens 1897 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorperates in NY 1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 1904 M Wolf discovers asteroids #527 Euryanthe, #528 Rezia & #529 Preziosa 1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #593 Titania 1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #792 Metcalfia 1911 National Squah Tennis Association formed (NYC) 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven 1914 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #784 Pickeringia 1915 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #804 Hispania 1915 M Wolf discovers asteroid 800 Kressmannia, 801 Helwerthia & 802 Epyaxa 1916 Allies attack on sea bridge 1920 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1« months) 1922 USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier 1922 WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions 1923 Beiers minister of Interior forbids SA political party 1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent 1924 Montreal Canadiens sweep Vancouver in 2 games for the Stanley Cup 1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph 1931 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin 1932 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR 1933 Dachau, 1st concentration camp, built 1937 Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain 1938 A Wachmann discovers asteroid #1465 Autonoma 1938 M B Protitch discovers asteroids #1517 Beograd & #1675 Simonida 1939 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania 1940 Paul Reynoud becomes French premier 1942 Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return" 1942 Major German assault on Malta 1943 British offensive against Mareth-line 1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 1946 Belgian cabinet-Spaak, resigns 1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1571 Cesco 1951 Indonesian army on Java offensive against Darul Islam 1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 1952 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1617 Alschmitt 1952 US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan 1954 La Salle wins NCAA basketball championship 1955 A Paroubek discovers asteroid #1989 Tatry 1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends 1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Penninsula (USSR) explodes 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France 1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line 1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting 1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission 1960 Asteroid #2103 discovered 1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) 1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke 1964 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Striesand opens on Broadway 1967 Supremes release "The Happening" 1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Pres Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money 1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar 1973 Roberto Clemente elected to hall of fame, 11 weeks after his death 1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1977 Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 1980 The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks 1980 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 1982 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3002 1982 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks 1984 Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premiers 1985 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3326 1987 NASA launches Palapa B2P 1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1990 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records 1991 US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland 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 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) 1993 IRA-bomb kills 4 year old in Warrington England Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2079th day of the year with 286 days left (Numerology = 5) 1883 11øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1945 83øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2003/20/42 --- Somebody Else Is Taking My Place --- Goodman, Benny 03/20/61 --- But I Do, (I Don't Know Why) --- Henry, Clarence "Frogman" 03/20/61 --- Blue Moon --- Marcels 03/20/82 --- '65 Love Affair --- Davis, Paul |
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