Today in History for March 1920
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 23 of 23
1st - Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy
1st - Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
2nd - Karel Capék's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague
3rd - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
4th - Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
8th - Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations
10th - NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators
13th - Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
16th - 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
18th - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
19th - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)
20th - 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months)
20th - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
20th - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
23rd - Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
24th - 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)
25th - Greek Independence Day
27th - Film stars Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks wed
27th - Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD)
28th - Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
28th - Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia
28th - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
31st - British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 71 of 71
1st - Alfred Grant Goodman, composer
1st - Harry Caray, baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs)
1st - Howard Nemerov, US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist (Blue Swallows)
1st - Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
2nd - Enrique Franco, composer
3rd - James Doohan, Vancouver BC, actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek)
3rd - Julius Boros, golfer (PGA Champ 1968, US Open 1952, 63)
4th - Marcella Grady Jennings, rancher
4th - Jean Lecanuet, French politician (d. 1993)
4th - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (d. 2002)
5th - Delbert L Latta, (Rep-R-OH, 1959- )
5th - Leontine Tg Kelly, 1st black female bishop (Methodist)
5th - Virginia Christine, actress (Mrs Olson)
5th - José Aboulker, Jewish Communist
6th - Lewis Gilbert, London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice)
6th - Roger Price, Charleston WV, actor/writer (Who's There, Droodles)
7th - Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman & soccer international)
8th - Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children)
8th - Eva Dahlbeck, Saltsjo-Duvnas Sweden, actress (Dreams, Lesson in Love)
8th - James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist
9th - Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)
10th - Jethro Burnsburns, country singer (Homer & Jethro)
10th - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
10th - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
11th - D J Enright, England, poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers)
11th - Henry Marking, CEO (British Airways)
11th - Kenneth Dover, chancellor (St Andrews University)
13th - Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP (Volksunie)
14th - Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48)
14th - Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
15th - Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
15th - Lawrence Sanders, American novelist (d. 1998)
15th - E. Donnall Thomas, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
16th - John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)
16th - Leo McKern, Sydney Aust, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
16th - Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr)
16th - Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary (d. 2002)
16th - Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947)
16th - Sid Fleischman, American author
17th - John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959)
18th - Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator
18th - John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
19th - Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007)
19th - Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002)
20th - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician
20th - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
20th - Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes)
21st - Bruno Maderna, composer [or Apr 21]
21st - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (d. 1975)
21st - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (d. 1970)
22nd - Fanny Waterman, concert pianist & teacher
22nd - Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West)
23rd - Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer
23rd - Geoffrey Bush, composer
23rd - James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin)
23rd - Jimmy Edwards, comedy actor (Barnes)
23rd - Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- )
23rd - Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
24th - Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)
25th - Patrick Troughton, actor (Doctor Who)
25th - Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner (d. 1992)
26th - George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- )
27th - Richard Hayman, bandleader/conductor/pianist (Theme of 3 Penny Opera)
27th - Robin Jacques, illustrator (d. 1995)
28th - Dirk Bogarde, London England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant)
28th - Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
28th - Lord Butterfield
29th - John Belk, American head of Belk, Inc. (d. 2007)
30th - Turhan Bey, Vienna Austria, actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves)
31st - Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer (Bitter Herb)
31st - Deborah_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire, English Duchess, now Dowager Duchess
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1st - Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
1st - John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (b. 1842)
3rd - Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)
8th - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
11th - Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)
20th - Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
21st - Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37
26th - William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
27th - Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26
