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, 1,710,892,800 seconds 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
1602 –
The Dutch East India Company is established.
1861 –
An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1888 –
The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
1913 –
Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1914 –
In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
1916 –
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1956 –
Tunisia gains independence from France.
1985 –
Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1995 –
A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons.
2003 –
2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
Who were born on March 20?
1799 –
Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
1831 –
Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881)
1856 –
Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (d. 1915)
1914 –
Wendell Corey, American actor (d. 1968)
1950 –
Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
1956 –
Catherine Ashton, British politician
1957 –
Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
1979 –
Fiona Wade, British actress
1984 –
Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice-hockey player
1986 –
Dean Geyer, Australian singer and actor
Who died on March 20?
1390 –
Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338)
1732 –
Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)
1793 –
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)
1878 –
Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
1890 –
Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
1933 –
Giuseppe Zangara, attempted assassin of Franklin Roosevelt (b. 1900)
1983 –
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
1991 –
Conor Clapton, son of Eric Clapton (b. 1986)
1995 –
Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (b. 1948)
2007 –
Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
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