415 Historic Events for March 20
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| 1874 |
Death |
Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Ren‚ Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Karl Hasse, composer
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys)
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| 1883 |
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Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property
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| 1885 |
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Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
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| 1885 |
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Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta
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| 1885 |
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John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine
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| 1886 |
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1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass
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| 1887 |
Death |
Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
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| 1888 |
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Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
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| 1888 |
Birth |
S V Vegesack, writer
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| 1890 |
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German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
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| 1890 |
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General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
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| 1892 |
Death |
Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
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| 1894 |
Death |
Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
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| 1896 |
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Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan)
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| 1896 |
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Uprising in Matabeleland
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| 1897 |
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1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
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| 1897 |
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France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
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| 1897 |
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1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY
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| 1898 |
Death |
Luis Pal‚s Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tunt£n the paso y grifer¡a), dies
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