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, 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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