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Daily Calendar for Sunday, March 20, 2016

Died

  • King Henry IV of England –
  • Sir Thomas Seymour (brother of Queen Jane, uncle to Prince Edward) –
  • Sir Isaac Newton (physicist) –

Born

  • Henrik Ibsen (poet & playwright) –
  • Charles William Eliot (educator) –
  • Ozzie Nelson (actor) –
  • Sir Michael Redgrave (actor) –
  • Jack Barry (game show host) –
  • Carl Reiner (actor & director) –
  • Ray Goulding (comedian) –
  • Fred Rogers (educator, minister, host of children’s television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) –
  • Jerry Reed (actor) –
  • Bobby Orr (hockey player) –
  • William Hurt (actor) –
  • Carl Palmer (musician) –
  • Spike Lee (director) –
  • Holly Hunter (actress) –
  • Christy Carlson Romano (actress) –

Events

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published–
  • American Bell Telephone Co. was organized–
  • The first Farm Bureau in U.S. formed in Binghamton, N.Y.–
  • First U.S. figure skating championship in international style took place in New Haven, Connecticut–
  • The first flight between England and South Africa was completed by Col. H.A. van Rejneveld and Maj. C.J. Brand of the South African Air Force–
  • USS Midway launched, Newport News, Virginia–
  • British troops captured Japanese-held Mandalay (WWII)–
  • The peace treaty restoring Japanese sovereignty was ratified by U.S. Senate, ending American occupation of Japan–
  • John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married in a civil ceremony in Gibraltar–
  • Communications satellite NATO 1 launched–
  • Libby Riddles of Teller, AK, became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Dog Race, from Anchorage to Nome–
  • Skier Lauren Woolstencroft won her 5th gold medal of the Winter Paralympic Games–
  • A magnitude-7.6 earthquake located 120 miles east of Acapulco shook southern Mexico–

Weather

  • Snowstorm in Oklahoma dropped nearly a foot in Tulsa–
  • Juneau, Alaska, had 32.5 inches of snow–
  • 38” snow fell in Morgantown, Pennsylvania–

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