415 Historic Events for March 20
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| 1899 |
Death |
Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
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| 1906 |
Event |
George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes)
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| 1910 |
Death |
F‚lix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled)
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| 1911 |
Event |
National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
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| 1911 |
Death |
Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
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| 1911 |
Event |
Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window)
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| 1913 |
Death |
Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies
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| 1913 |
Death |
Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
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| 1914 |
Event |
1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Rudolf Kirchschl„ger, president of Austria (1974-86)
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