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03/20/1956
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Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
Type: Birth
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03/20/1956
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156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
Type: Event
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03/20/1956
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E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
Type: Event
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03/20/1956
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Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
Type: Event
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03/20/1956
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USSR performs nuclear test
Type: Event
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03/20/1956
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Tunisia gains independence from France
Type: Event
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03/20/1957
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Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
Type: Event
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03/20/1957
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Spike Lee, Atlanta, dir (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1957
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Theresa Russell, [Paup], SD Calif, actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1958
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50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
Type: Event
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03/20/1958
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Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
Type: Event
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03/20/1958
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Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
Type: Event
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03/20/1958
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Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1958
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Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1959
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Dale Reid, Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer (European Solheim Cup team)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1959
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Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1961
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John Clark Gable, LA Calif, actor (Bad Jim)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1961
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Kathy Guadagnino, Albany NY, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1961
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Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1962
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Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
Type: Event
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03/20/1962
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C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
Type: Death
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03/20/1962
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Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1963
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Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/20/1963
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1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)
Type: Event
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03/20/1963
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Paul Annacone, Southampton NY, tennis star
Type: Birth
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03/20/1963
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Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1963
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Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love and Affection)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1963
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Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
Type: Event
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03/20/1964
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Ruth Davidon, Balt MD, rower (Olympics-6th-96)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1964
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Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
Type: Death
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03/20/1964
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Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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03/20/1964
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ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
Type: Event
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03/20/1965
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Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1965
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Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1965
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Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi
Type: Event
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03/20/1965
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27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
Type: Event
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03/20/1966
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Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1966
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
Type: Event
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03/20/1966
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Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1967
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Randy Gullatt, horse trainer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1967
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Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold and Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1967
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A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
Type: Death
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03/20/1967
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Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1967
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Supremes release "The Happening"
Type: Event
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03/20/1967
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WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/20/1967
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Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1968
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LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
Type: Event
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03/20/1968
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Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
Type: Event
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03/20/1968
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Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1968
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Sheree Megan Higgins, Matamata NZ, golfer (1991 Bridgestone)
Type: Birth
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