1821 – First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.
1824 – Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
1916 – JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
1934 – Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
1946 – Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
1952 – “3 Wishes for Jamie” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 performances
1952 – -22] Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
1955 – Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus to join Greece
1963 – Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed
1986 – 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 20th March 2020
1800 – French army defeats Turks at Helipolis and advance to Cairo
1897 – France signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
1922 – WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1932 – Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR
1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France
1965 – Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the “New York Amsterdam News”
1987 – NASA launches Palapa B2P
1995 – Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1996 – “Love Thy Neighbor” opens at Booth Theater NYC
1997 – World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko of Canada
Historical Events for 19th March 2020
1861 – The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand
1906 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s “Quattro Rusteghi” premieres in Munich
1910 – Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Adelaide: Rodney Heath wins his 2nd and last Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Horace Rice 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1937 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
1954 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1960 – “Redhead” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances
1978 – PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 3rd TPC title, 1 stroke ahead of Lou Graham; 4th straight start for Nicklaus that ends with a top-2 finish
1994 – Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown
2004 – A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations.
2014 – Russia captures the Ukrainian naval base in Sevastopol
Historical Events for 18th March 2020
1123 – 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified
1773 – Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer” premieres in London
1902 – Turkey grants Germany syndicate the first concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory to Baghdad, to be linked to Berlin
1920 – Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
1950 – “Touch and Go” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
1966 – General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1987 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
2007 – Former England Test cricket batsman, and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is found dead one day after his team’s defeat to Ireland puts them out of the World Cup in the West Indies; cause of death remains suspicious
2018 – African American Stephon Clark shot 20 times by police in his Grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, California during vandalism investigation
Historical Events for 17th March 2020
432 – Saint Patrick, aged about 16 is captured by Irish pirates from his home in Great Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland (traditional date)
1824 – Britain and Netherlands sign a trade agreement
1860 – Six years after the forcible ending of Japan’s isolationist policy by US Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry, the Japanese Embassy arrives in San Francisco to sign a Treaty of Friendship
1876 – General Crook destroy Cheyennes and Oglala-Sioux Indian camps
1908 – Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 88 seconds in the quickest world heavyweight boxing title fight
1926 – Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
1953 – Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M
1970 – US casts their 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England)
1975 – Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
1985 – Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623′
Historical Events for 16th March 2020
1875 – English FA Cup Final Replay, Kennington Oval, London: Royal Engineers beat Old Etonians, 2-0 after initial 1-1 draw
1910 – Barney Oldfield uses a Benz to break the existing records at Daytona Beach Road Course (131.25mph)
1916 – US and Canada sign migratory bird treaty
1937 – All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors and sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
1964 – Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
1974 – Both Wales (12-16 v England) and France (6-19 v Scotland) lose their final round matches handing Ireland their 8th Five Nations Rugby Championship
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter pleads for a Palestinian homeland
2011 – U.S. Postal Service issues a set of five “Latin Music Legends” stamps, including one of Carlos Gardel
2012 – Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house killing ten people in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan
2013 – 34th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Louisville beats Syracuse, 78-61
Historical Events for 15th March 2020
221 – Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself Emperor of Shu-Han, claiming legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty
1562 – General Francois de Guise enters Paris
1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d’etat never takes place.
1812 – 1st Russian settlement in California at Russian River
1820 – Maine admitted as 23rd state of the Union
1926 – Belgium’s “black monday”, franc falls
1953 – West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
1958 – KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke from Betsy Rawls
2018 – Pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida, collapses onto 8-lane highway 5 days after it was built, killing 6
Historical Events for 14th March 2020
1908 – Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Toronto Professionals, 6-4
1910 – Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere
1941 – Xavier Cugat and orchestra record “Babalu”
1968 – CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn’t make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1983 – OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1986 – European Space Agency’s Giotto flies by Halley’s Comet (605 km)
1987 – NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1991 – Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev
1992 – Soviet newspaper “Pravda” suspends publication
1993 – 34th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats LSU, 82-65
Historical Events for 13th March 2020
1797 – Cherubini’s opera “Medée” premieres in Paris
1897 – San Diego State University is founded.
1912 – Stanley Cup, Quebec Skating Rink, Quebec City, Quebec: Quebec Bulldogs rout Moncton Victorias (NB), 8-0 for a 2-0 sweep of the challenge series
1922 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Back to Methusaleh V” premieres in NYC
1933 – Joseph Goebbels becomes Nazi Germany’s Minister of Information and Propaganda
1943 – Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
1960 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Fay Crocker of Uruguay wins by 7 strokes ahead of Kathy Cornelius
1985 – Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko in Moscow
2013 – 10 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz province, Afghanistan
2015 – Cyclone Pam causes widespread damage in Vanuatu and the South Pacific, including 15-16 deaths.
Historical Events for 12th March 2020
1849 – 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California
1868 – Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa (later renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho)
1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi
1894 – Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
1908 – Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 9-3 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
1950 – Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1966 – Love’s 1st album released “Love”
1987 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)
1989 – Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
1994 – Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests