March 20

Today's Events

  • 1727
    Sir Isaac Newton dies in London at 84
  • 1760
    Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
  • 1815
    Napoleon enters Paris - begins 100 day rule
  • 1833
    US & Siam conclude coml treaty
  • 1852
    Harriet Beecher Stowe's `Uncle Tom's Cabin -' published
  • 1886
    1st AC commercial power plant begins operation
  • 1896
    Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
  • 1899
    Martha Place of Bkln - became 1st woman to die by electrocution
  • 1942
    Gen MacArthur vowed - "I shall return"
  • 1948
    1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC
  • 1956
    156-day strike against Westinghouse ended
  • 1956
    Tunisia gains independence from France
  • 1963
    1st "Pop Art" exhibition in NYC
  • 1969
    Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
  • 1976
    Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
  • 1978
    Flyers' Rick MacLeash scored on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
  • 1980
    US appeals to Intl Court on hostages in Iran
  • 1981
    Jean Harris sentenced 15 to life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr
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