Articles by May, 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 20 March.

1. Sir Isaac Newton dies in London at 84
2. Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
3. Napoleon enters Paris - begins 100 day rule
4. US & Siam conclude coml treaty
5. Harriet Beecher Stowe's `Uncle Tom's Cabin -' published
6. 1st AC commercial power plant begins operation
7. Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
8. Martha Place of Bkln - became 1st woman to die by electrocution
9. Gen MacArthur vowed - "I shall return"
10. 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC
11. 156-day strike against Westinghouse ended
12. Tunisia gains independence from France
13. 1st "Pop Art" exhibition in NYC
14. Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
15. Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
16. Flyers' Rick MacLeash scored on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
17. US appeals to Intl Court on hostages in Iran
18. Jean Harris sentenced 15 to life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr

These famous people were born on 20 March.

1. 1811 - Napoleon II, king of Rome
2. 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, dramatist (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler), Norway
3. 1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management
4. 1904 - B.F. Skinner, Behaviorist
5. 1906 - Abraham Beame, NYC mayor
6. 1908 - Frank Stanton, broadcasting exec
7. 1908 - Sir Michael Redgrave, Actor (Browning Version, The Lady Vanishes)
8. 1914 - Sviatosiav Richter, pianist
9. 1922 - Carl Reiner, comedian
10. 1922 - Jack Kruschen
11. 1922 - Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray)
12. 1925 - John Ehrlichman, Watergate conspirator
13. 1928 - Fred Rogers, lovely day in the neighborhood
14. 1931 - Hal Linden, Actor (Barney Miller)
15. 1936 - Ted Bessell, (That Girl)
16. 1937 - Jerry Reed, Singer
17. 1939 - Brian Mulroney, (P-C), 18th PM of Canada (1984-, )
18. 1948 - Bobby Orr, hockey hall-of-famer (Boston Bruins)