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What happend on 20. March in History
In our data base we found 336 events happened on 20. March:
• 220: Cao Cao, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and King of Wei dies. [category: Deaths]
• 235: Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed emperor. He is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne. [category: Events]
• 687: St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) [category: Deaths]
• 1208: Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 1239: Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. c. 1179) [category: Deaths]
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• 1390: Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338) [category: Deaths]
• 1413: King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) [category: Deaths]
• 1469: Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) [category: Births]
• 1477: Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) [category: Births]
• 1502: Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) [category: Births]
• 1549: Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour, widower of Queen Catherine Parr (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
• 1568: Duke Albert of Prussia (b. 1490) [category: Deaths]
• 1586: Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) [category: Deaths]
• 1600: The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1602: The Dutch East India Company is established. [category: Events]
• 1616: Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment. [category: Events]
• 1619: Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557) [category: Deaths]
• 1639: Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709) [category: Births]
• 1673: Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
• 1725: Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) [category: Births]
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• 1726: Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian (b. 1642) [category: Deaths]
• 1730: Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1732: Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1736: Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1741: Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1746: Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) [category: Deaths]
• 1760: The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts, destroys 349 buildings. [category: Events]
• 1770: Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1780: Sir Benjamin Truman – English brewer [category: Deaths]
• 1793: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1800: Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1809: Mary Bateman, English woman executed for witchcraft, known as the "Yorkshire Witch" [category: Deaths]
• 1811: George Caleb Bingham, American artist (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1811: Napoleon II, Emperor of the French and King of Rome (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1815: After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule. [category: Events]
• 1821: Ned Buntline (E.Z.C. Judson), American publisher (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1828: Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1831: Solomon L. Spink, American politician U.S. Congressman (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1834: Charles William Eliot, President of Harvard University (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1835: Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1836: Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1840: Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1848: Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates. [category: Events]
• 1849: James Justinian Morier, British diplomat and novelist (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Frank MacKey, American polo player (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. [category: Events]
• 1855: Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Frederick Winslow Taylor, American engineer, efficiency expert and golfer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1856: Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1861: An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1865: Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1874: Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1874: Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1878: Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1882: Harold Weber, American golfer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1882: René Coty, French President (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1883: The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed. [category: Events]
• 1886: Grace Brown, American murder victim (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1888: The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia. [category: Events]
• 1890: Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1890: Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1890: Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1897: Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1904: B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1905: Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1906: Abraham Beame, American politician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1906: Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, Austrian wrestler (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: Ozzie Nelson, American bandleader and actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1907: Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and professor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1907: Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1908: Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1911: Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1913: Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later. [category: Events]
• 1914: Wendell Corey, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1914: In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place. [category: Events]
• 1915: Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian politician, 8th President of Austria (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1915: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1915: Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: Pierre Messmer, French politician, Prime Minister (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity. [category: Events]
• 1917: Dame Vera Lynn, English actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1918: Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer [category: Births]
• 1918: Jack Barry, American TV host (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1918: Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist [category: Births]
• 1918: Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Pamela Harriman, British-American diplomat (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1921: Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1921: Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian resistance fighter, philosopher and literary historian (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1922: Carl Reiner, American film director [category: Births]
• 1922: Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader [category: Births]
• 1922: Ray Goulding, American comedian (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1922: The USS Langley (CV-1) is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. [category: Events]
• 1923: Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1924: Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1925: John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1925: Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: John Joubert, South African-born British composer [category: Births]
• 1928: Fred Rogers, American TV host (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1929: Germán Robles, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Ferdinand Foch, French commander of allied forces in World War I (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Hal Linden, American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Rein Raamat, Estonian animation film director [category: Births]
• 1931: Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet [category: Births]
• 1933: George Altman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1933: Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1933: Giuseppe Zangara, American assassin of Anton Cermak and attempted assassin of Franklin Roosevelt (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. [category: Events]
• 1934: David Malouf, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1934: Willie Brown, American politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Queen Emma of the Netherlands (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1936: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae artist [category: Births]
• 1936: Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1937: Jerry Reed, American singer and actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1937: Lois Lowry, American author [category: Births]
• 1938: Sergei Novikov, Russian Mathematician [category: Births]
• 1939: Brian Mulroney, Canadian politician 18th Prime Minister of Canada [category: Births]
• 1939: Don Edwards, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1940: Stathis Chaitas, Greek fooballer [category: Births]
• 1940: Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Kenji Kimihara, Japanese long-distance runner [category: Births]
• 1941: Pat Corrales, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Robin Luke, American singer [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return". [category: Events]
• 1943: Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer [category: Births]
• 1943: Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist [category: Births]
• 1943: Paul Junger Witt, American TV producer [category: Births]
• 1945: Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot [category: Births]
• 1945: Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author [category: Births]
• 1945: Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Douglas B. Green (Ranger Doug), American musician and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: John Boswell, American historian (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1947: Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1948: John de Lancie, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Marva Wright, American blues singer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1949: Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1950: Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia, and Atomic Rooster) [category: Births]
• 1950: William Hurt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Curt Smith, American author and media host [category: Births]
• 1951: Jimmie Vaughan, American guitarist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) [category: Births]
• 1951: Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. [category: Events]
• 1952: Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1952: The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan. [category: Events]
• 1954: Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Louis Sachar, American author [category: Births]
• 1954: Mike Francesa, American talk show host [category: Births]
• 1954: Paul Mirabella, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Anne Donahue, American politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Catherine Ashton, British politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Tunisia gains independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1957: Chris Wedge, American animator [category: Births]
• 1957: David Foster, Australian world champion woodchopper [category: Births]
• 1957: Spike Lee, American film director [category: Births]
• 1957: Theresa Russell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Holly Hunter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Rickey Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1958: Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian politician (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Dave Beasant, English football goalkeeper [category: Births]
• 1959: Steve McFadden, British actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Sting (Steve Borden), American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1960: Norm Magnusson, American artist [category: Births]
• 1960: Yuri Shargin, Russian cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1960: Léon Sée, French fencer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Stephen Sommers, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Anouk Grinberg, French actress [category: Births]
• 1963: David Thewlis, British actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Gregg Binkley, American television actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Kathy Ireland, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Paul Annacone, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1963: Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1964: Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer (Transglobal Underground) [category: Births]
• 1964: Brendan Behan, Irish playwright and author (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962. [category: Events]
• 1965: Adrian Oxaal, American-born English musician (James) [category: Births]
• 1965: William Dalrymple, Scottish writer and historian [category: Births]
• 1965: Daniel Frank, American athlete (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Alka Yagnik, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1967: Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1968: Liza Snyder, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Paul Merson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Caroline Brunet, Canadian sprint kayaker [category: Births]
• 1969: Jean Labonté, Canadian sledge hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Mannie Fresh (Byron O. Thomas), American rapper and producer (Big Tymers) [category: Births]
• 1969: Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Michael Rapaport, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Michele Jaffe, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1970: Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer, bouzouki player, and composer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Alexander Chaplin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Ingrid Kavelaars, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Touré Neblett, American writer and television personality [category: Births]
• 1972: Alexander Kapranos, Greek-British musician (Franz Ferdinand, The Yummy Fur, and The Karelia) [category: Births]
• 1972: Marco Sejna, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: The Troubles: A Provisional IRA car bomb kills seven and injures 148 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first of many car bomb attacks by the group. [category: Events]
• 1973: Cedric Yarbrough, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Jane March, English actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer [category: Births]
• 1974: Paula Garcés, Colombian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Chet Huntley, American television journalist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1976: Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise) [category: Births]
• 1977: Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Bernard O'Connor, Irish Gaelic footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Bianca Lawson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Fiona Wade, British actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Freema Agyeman, British actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Molly Jenson, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Aliénor Tricerri, Swiss tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Jamal Crawford, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer (Fin.K.L) [category: Births]
• 1980: The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast. [category: Events]
• 1981: Ian Murray, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Gerry Bertier, American wheelchair Olympian (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: José Moreira, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Christy Carlson Romano, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Marcus Vick, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Winta (Winta Efrem Negassi), Norwegian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1985: Matt Taven, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Yoan Merlo, French e-sport gamer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1985: Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. [category: Events]
• 1986: Dean Geyer, South African singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Julián Magallanes, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Ruby Rose Langenheim, Australian model and television personality [category: Births]
• 1986: Vanessa Morley, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Jô (João Alves de Assis Silva), Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kangna Ranaut, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Pedro Ken (Pedro Ken Morimoto Moreira), Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. [category: Events]
• 1988: Louie Vito, American snowboarder [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1989: Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1989: Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1990: Oliver Hein, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Maurice Cloche, French film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. [category: Events]
• 1991: Mattia Destro, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Georges Delerue, French film composer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1994: Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons. [category: Events]
• 1997: Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: V. S. Pritchett, British writer and critic (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California. [category: Events]
• 2000: Gene Eugene, Canadian singer and actor (Adam Again and Lost Dogs) (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English. [category: Events]
• 2001: Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Sailor Art Thomas, American wrestler (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq. [category: Events]
• 2004: Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Armand Lohikoski, Finnish film director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby. [category: Events]
• 2007: Gilbert E. Patterson, presiding bishop of COGIC (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Raynald Fréchette, Canadian judge and political figure (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Klaus Dinger, German musician (Neu!, La Düsseldorf, La! Neu?, and Kraftwerk (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Shoban Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mel Brown, American/Canadian blues guitarist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Harry Carpenter, English television sports commentator (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Stewart Udall, American politician, environmentalist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Johnny Pearson, British Composer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 43_bc: Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17) [category: Births]
• _: Abdon and Sennen, celebrated in Soissons, France [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Alexandra [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bahá'í Naw-Rúz, started at sunset on March 20. The end of the 19-day sunrise-to-sunset fast. (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed John of Parma [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chunfen (China) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Missionary, Bishop, 687, patron saint of Northumbria (Anglican Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest date for the vernal equinox in the Northern hemisphere: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Good Friday can fall, while April 23 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before Easter. (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earth Day, during its first celebration in 1971. Now celebrated on April 22. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Herbert [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tunisia from France in 1956. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Astrology Day (astrologers and astrology enthusiasts) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of the Francophonie (International Organization of the Francophonie) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: New Year (Thelema) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nowruz (Iranian diaspora, Kurdish diaspora, Zoroastrians) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ostara in the northern hemisphere, Mabon in the southern hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Shunbun no Hi, a national holiday in Japan. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: UN French Language Day (United Nations) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Sparrow Day, to raise public awareness about the decline of sparrows and throw light on the problems they face in their daily fight for survival. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Storytelling Day, a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wulfram [category: Holidays and observances]