415 Historic Events for March 20
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Mickey Preger, horse trainer
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| 1941 |
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Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn
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| 1941 |
Death |
D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Carlos Lopez, jockey
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| 1942 |
Event |
Major German assault on Malta
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| 1942 |
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Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return"
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| 1942 |
Event |
Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
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| 1942 |
Death |
Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
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| 1943 |
Event |
British offensive against Mareth-line
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| 1943 |
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German U-384 bombed and sinks
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| 1944 |
Death |
Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
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| 1944 |
Event |
Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
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| 1944 |
Event |
Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16
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| 1945 |
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US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Pat Riley, Schenectady NY, NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
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| 1946 |
Event |
Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way)
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| 1947 |
Event |
180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer)
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| 1947 |
Birth |
John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist
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| 1948 |
Birth |
John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins)
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