March 20 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 20
In the headlines today:

1999	A hot air balloon, piloted by Brian Jones of England and Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland, makes the first, nonstop, around the world flight.
1995	Twelve people are killed, and over 5,000 are injured, when members of a religious cult release deadly sarin gas in a Tokyo subway during morning rush hour.
1990	Namibia earns independent nation status, after 75 years as a South African colony.
1987	The drug AZT, used to treat AIDS sufferers, receives FDA approval.
1981	Jean Harris receives a 15-to-life prison term for the murder of Scarsdale Diet author Dr. Herman Tarnower.
1976	Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is found guilty (and sentenced to seven years in prison) for taking part in a 1974 armed robbery of a San Francisco bank.
1974	Former newsman and NBC News TV co-anchor Chet Huntley dies at age 62.
1969	Former Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono at the Rock of Gibraltar.
1967	Twiggy arrives for a week in the US, causing a sensation in the press with her skinny, fashion-model body and micro-miniskirts.
1964	Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, makes its Broadway debut.
1956	Tunisia gains its independence from France.
1914	The first international figure skating championship is held in New Haven, Connecticut.
1854	The Republican political Party is founded following a meeting in Ripon, WI.
1852	Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is published.
1727	Astronomer and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton dies.
1602	The Dutch East India Company is chartered.
1413	King Henry IV of England dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry V.