Daily Calendar for Monday, March 20, 2023
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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