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03/20/1828
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Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1829
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Charles Albert White, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1830
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Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
Type: Birth
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03/20/1833
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Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1833
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US and Siam sign commercial treaty
Type: Event
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03/20/1834
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Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1846
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Auguste Bender, writer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1848
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King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez
Type: Event
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03/20/1848
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Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27
Type: Death
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03/20/1852
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)
Type: Event
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03/20/1853
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George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1856
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Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management
Type: Birth
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03/20/1863
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Ernesto Nazareth, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1863
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Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals
Type: Event
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03/20/1865
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2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC
Type: Event
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03/20/1865
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Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives
Type: Event
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03/20/1866
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Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23
Type: Death
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03/20/1868
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Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000
Type: Event
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03/20/1868
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Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1870
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1871
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Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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03/20/1872
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Bernhard Seklas, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1872
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Karin Michaelis, writer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1873
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Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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03/20/1873
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Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1]
Type: Birth
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03/20/1874
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Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
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03/20/1882
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Ren‚ Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1883
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Karl Hasse, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1883
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Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1883
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Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property
Type: Event
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03/20/1885
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Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist
Type: Birth
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03/20/1885
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Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
Type: Birth
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03/20/1885
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Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta
Type: Event
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03/20/1885
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John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine
Type: Event
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03/20/1886
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1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass
Type: Event
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03/20/1887
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Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/20/1888
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Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Type: Event
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03/20/1888
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S V Vegesack, writer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1890
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German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
Type: Event
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03/20/1890
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General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded
Type: Event
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03/20/1890
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Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1892
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Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
Type: Death
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03/20/1894
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Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
Type: Death
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03/20/1896
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Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
Type: Event
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03/20/1896
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Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1896
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Uprising in Matabeleland
Type: Event
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03/20/1897
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1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
Type: Event
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03/20/1897
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France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
Type: Event
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03/20/1897
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1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY
Type: Event
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03/20/1898
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Luis Pal‚s Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tunt£n the paso y grifer¡a), dies
Type: Death
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