What happened this day in history March 20

What are the important events that happened on March 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 20: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 20 is the 80th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 286 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 7, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 475,248 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 315 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,107 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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March 20 Historical Events

  • 1848
    Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
  • 1852
    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
  • 1883
    The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
  • 1948
    With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
  • 1956
    Tunisia gains independence from France.
  • 1974
    Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
  • 1985
    Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
  • 1985
    Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  • 1988
    Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
  • 1999
    Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.

Who were born on March 20?

  • 1725
    Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
  • 1856
    Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (d. 1915)
  • 1906
    Abraham Beame, American politician (d. 2001)
  • 1917
    Vera Lynn, English actress and singer
  • 1933
    Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet
  • 1935
    Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996)
  • 1961
    Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
  • 1964
    Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
  • 1979
    Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer
  • 1991
    Mattia Destro, Italian footballer

Who died on March 20?

  • 1239
    Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. c. 1179)
  • 1673
    Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)
  • 1730
    Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
  • 1890
    Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
  • 1897
    Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821)
  • 1899
    Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822)
  • 1931
    Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
  • 2007
    Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
  • 2008
    Shoban Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
  • 2010
    Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer (b. 1920)

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