March 20 in Pop Culture History |
| March 20th is… Alien Abduction Day Bibliomania Day Crawfish Cravers Awareness Day French Language Day Frog Day International Day of Happiness Hufflepuff Pride Day Kiss Your Fiance Day Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Proposal Day Ravioli Day Sparrow Day World Day of Theater for Children and Young People World Flour Day |
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1345 – According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death was created today from what they called “a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars in the 40th degree of Aquarius, occurring on the 20th of March 1345.” Actually, the bubonic plague came from infected fleas from sickened and dead rats.1602 – The Dutch East India Company was established. 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was published. 1854 – In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party formed the Republican Party. 1900 – Nikola Tesla received a US Patent (#645,576) for wireless electric power transmission. 1916 – Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was published in Annalen der Physik. 1961 – #1 Hit March 20, 1961 – April 2, 1961: Elvis Presley – Surrender 1971 – #1 Hit March 20, 1971 – April 2, 1971: Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee 1982 – Rock Guitarist Randy Rhodes died in a plane crash. 1982 – #1 Hit March 20, 1982 – May 7, 1982: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll 1985 – Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. 1987 – The FDA approved the sale of AZT (azidothymidine) 1995 – The Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) cult released Sarin gas into the Tokyo subway system, killing a dozen people and sickening thousands. 2010 – #1 Hit March 20, 2010 – March 26, 2010: Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris – Break Your Heart 2014 – Aladdin (Broadway Musical) Opened on March 20, 2014 #1 Hit March 20, 2021 – March 26, 2021: What’s Next – Drake |