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03/20/1899
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Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution
Type: Death
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03/20/1902
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Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1902
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Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1903
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Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1904
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B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1906
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George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
Type: Event
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03/20/1906
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Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
Type: Birth
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03/20/1906
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Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1906
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Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1908
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Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1908
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Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1908
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Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1910
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F‚lix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
Type: Death
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03/20/1911
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National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
Type: Event
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03/20/1911
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Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC
Type: Event
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03/20/1911
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Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1911
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Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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03/20/1913
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Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1913
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Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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03/20/1913
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Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1914
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1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
Type: Event
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03/20/1914
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Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1914
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Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1914
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William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1915
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Rudolf Kirchschl„ger, president of Austria (1974-86)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1915
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Svyatoslav Richter, pianist
Type: Birth
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03/20/1916
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Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
Type: Event
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03/20/1916
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Pierre Messmer, PM (France)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1917
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Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1917
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Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Syd„nmaa)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1917
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Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1917
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Vera Lynn, singer (Anniversary Waltz)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1918
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Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1918
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Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1920
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1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1« months)
Type: Event
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03/20/1920
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
Type: Event
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03/20/1920
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
Type: Event
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03/20/1920
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Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician
Type: Birth
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03/20/1920
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Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1920
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Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1920
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Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
Type: Death
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03/20/1921
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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1921
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Primoz Ramovs, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1922
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USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier
Type: Event
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03/20/1922
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WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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03/20/1922
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Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1922
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Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1922
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Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
Type: Birth
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03/20/1922
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Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1922
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Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch)
Type: Birth
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