20 Mairch

The 20t o Mairch is the 79t day o the year (80t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 286 days ti come.

 Events 
 1413 - Henry V o Ingland becomes King.
 1498 - Portuguese seafarer Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut in the sooth o Indie.
 1602 - The Dutch East Indie Company is foondit.
 1852 - The novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" bi Harriet Beecher Stowe is published.
 1861 - A major yirdquauk kills ower 6,000 fowk in Mendoza, Argentinae.
 1890 - Leo von Caprivi replaces Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor o Germany.
 1908 - A rebiggit version o the Reykjanesviti, Iceland's auldest lichthoose, comes intae use.
 1913 - Passenger steamer "Koombana" sinks in a cyclone aff Wastren Australie, killin 138 fowk.
 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory o relativity.
 1956 - Tunisie gains unthirldom frae Fraunce.
 1966 - The FIFA Warld Cup trophy is stolen in Ingland.
 1995 - The Aum Shinrikyo cult carries oot the Tokyo Sarin Gas attack, killin 13 fowk.
 2003 - The US/UK-led invasion o Iraq stairts.
 2015 - Solar eclipse o Mairch 20, 2015: A solar eclipse is seen ower maist o Europe (incluidin Scotland), Northwast Asie, North Africae an the North Atlantic Ocean. Totality is ower the Faroe Islands an Svalbard.
 2015 - Bomb attacks in Yemen kill ower 100 fowk. 
 2016 - US Preses Barack Obama stairts a historic visit tae Cuba.

 Births  
 43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)
 1142 - Malcolm IV o Scotland (d. 1165)
 1811 - Napoleon II o Fraunce (d. 1832)
 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norse playwricht an poet (d. 1906)
 1875 - Jessie M. King, Scots illustrator (d. 1949)
 1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist, inventor an social philosopher (d. 1990)
 1917 - Vera Lynn, Inglis sangster
 1922 - Carl Reiner, American actor an film director
 1939 - Brian Mulroney, 18t Prime meenister o Canadae
 1945 - Tim Yeo, Inglish politeecian
 1948 - John de Lancie, American actor, comedian an sangster
 1950 - William Hurt, American actor
 1956 - Catherine Ashton, Inglis politeecian
 1957 - Spike Lee, American film director
 1958 - Holly Hunter, American actress
 1969 - Yvette Cooper, Breetish politeecian
 1973 - Chris Stephens, Scots politeecian
 1976 - Chester Bennington, American sangster (Linkin Park) (d. 2017)
 1979 - Freema Agyeman, Breetish actress
 1984 - Fernando Torres, Spainyie fitbawer
 1986 - Kirsty Blackman, Scots politeecian
 1991 - Lucie Jones, Welsh sangster, actress an model
 1993 - Sloane Stephens, American tennis player

 Daiths 
 1413 - Henry IV o Ingland (b. 1367)
 1894 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian naitional hero (b. 1802)
 1936 - Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Scots politeecian, writer, jurnalist an adventurer (b. 1852)
 1990 - Lev Yashin, Roushie fitbawer (b. 1929)
 1993 - Polykarp Kusch, German pheesicist (b. 1911)
 2004 - Queen Juliana o the Netherlands (b. 1909)
 2013 - Zillur Rahman, Preses o Bangladesh (b. 1929)
 2015 - Malcolm Fraser, 22nt Prime Meenister o Australie (b. 1930)
 2017 - David Rockefeller, American banker, businessman an philanthropist (b. 1915)

 Halidays 
 Northren Ware Equinox
 Soothren Hairst Equinox
 Nowruz (Iranian Ne'er's Day)
 Baha'i Ne'er's Day
 Independence Day (Tunisie)
 Warld Francophone Day
 UN French leid Day
 Internaitional Day o Happiness

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Category:Days o the year