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 79th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 286 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 7, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,742,428,800 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 ‘heptacontaenneagon’ day.
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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 334 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 4,472 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 20 Historical Events
- 1616 –Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
- 1848 –Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
- 1861 –An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
- 1922 –The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
- 1923 –The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso’s first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
- 1964 –The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- 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.
- 1993 –An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England.
- 1995 –A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons.
- 2006 –Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country’s banana crop.
Who were born on March 20?
- 1922 –Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader
- 1925 –John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999)
- 1952 –Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver
- 1957 –Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
- 1966 –Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
- 1970 –Michael Rapaport, American actor
- 1973 –Cedric Yarbrough, American actor
- 1982 –Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 –Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver
- 1984 –Winta, Norwegian musician
Who died on March 20?
- 1746 –Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)
- 1934 –Queen Emma of the Netherlands (b. 1858)
- 1968 –Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director (b. 1889)
- 1969 –Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
- 1972 –Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1998 –George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician (b. 1956)
- 2000 –Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
- 2003 –Sailor Art Thomas, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2008 –Klaus Dinger, German musician (b. 1946)
- 2009 –Mel Brown, American/Canadian blues guitarist (b. 1939)
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