March 20th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Tunisia) * (See Below)
International Day of the Francophonie * (See Below)
International Earth Day
Atheist Pride Day
National Agriculture Day
Great American Meat Out (Meatout) Day
Proposal Day
Kiss Your Fiancée Day
National Jump Out! Day
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Shabbat Across America/Canada
Snowman Burning Day
Bed-in For Peace Day (John Lennon and Yoko Ono)
Won't You Be MY Neighbor Day, Birthday of Fred "Mr." Rodgers (TV host)
Earliest date for the Vernal Equinox
Chunfen (China)
Earth Day, during its first celebration in 1971. Now celebrated on April 22.
Festival Of Extraterrestrial Abductions Day a.k.a. Alien Abduction Day (Started at Toronto Alien Festival 2008)
International Astrology Day (astrologers and enthusiasts) (or March 21st).
Shunbun no Hi, a national holiday in Japan.
World Storytelling Day, a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling.
Earliest possible date for Good Friday (Christianity)
The second day of Quinquatria (Roman Empire)
Christian Feast Day of Abdon and Sennen, celebrated in Soissons, France
Christian Feast Day of Alexandra
Christian Feast Day of Cuthbert of Lindisfane, patron saint of Northumbria
Feast of Herbert
Feast of Wulfram
* Independence Day, independence of Tunisia from France in 1956. (Tunisia)
* International Day of the Francophonie (International Organization of the Francophonie)
March Equinox a.k.a. Northward Equinox Usually March 20th
The Vernal Equinox a.k.a. Spring Equinox, Spring Begins (Northern Hemisphere) * CLICK HERE
Autumnal Equinox a.k.a Fall Equinox, Fall Begins (Southern Hemisphere) * CLICK HERE
Bahá'í Naw-Rúz a.k.a. Bahai New Year (Bahai Calender), on the Northward Equinox * CLICK HERE
Noruz a.k.a. Nauroze, or Persion New Year (Iranian diaspora, Kurdish diaspora, Zoroastrians), on the Northward Equinox * CLICK HERE
Sham El Nessim (Egypt), On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
Tamil and Bengali New Years (India, Bangladesh), On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
Vishu (Kerala, India) New Year in Kerala, On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
Ostara a.k.a. Ēostre (Wiccan, Germanic Neopagan), On the Spring Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)
Mabon (Neopagan), On the Autumnal Equinox (Southern hemisphere) (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
Mothers Day (Arab Countries), On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
World Storytelling Day On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
World Citizen Day On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
The Burning Of The Socks festival (Annapolis, Maryland, USA) On the March Equinox * CLICK HERE
National Festival of Trees (the Netherlands), Third Wednesday in March (or September 21st) * CLICK HERE
National Agriculture Day, Date Varies (Usually the first day of spring)
* National Cherry Blossom Festival (USA) March 20th through April 14th Fête de la Plantoir Translation: Dibber Day (French Republican) The 30th day of the Month of Ventôse in the French Republican CalendarToast of The Day
"May God grant you many years to live,
for sure he must be knowing,
the earth has angels all too few
and heaven is overflowing."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Banshee
1 Part Creme De Banana
1 Part White Creme De Cocao
1 Part Cream
Wine of The Day
Calcareous Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc
Style - Cabernet Franc
Paso Robles
$40
Beer of The Day
Falcon Extra Brew 3.5%
Brewer - Carlsberg Sverige AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Style - European Style Low Alcohol Lager
ABV - 3.5%
Joke of The Day
A guy goes into a bar, orders twelve shots and starts drinking them as fast as he can.
The bartender says, "Dang, why are you drinking so fast?"
The guy says, "You would be drinking fast if you had what I had."
The bartender says, "What do you have?"
The guy says, "75 cents."
Quote of the Day
"Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion."
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (March 20th 43 BC – 17 or 18AD ), a Roman poet.
Whiskey of The Day
Feckin Irish Whiskey
Price: $20
March Observances
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month
Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
Berries and Cherries Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Child Life Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month (Different sponsor than National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
Credit Education Month
Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
Employee Spirit Month
Exotic Winter Fruit, Leeks and Green Onions Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
National Expect Success Month
Holy Humor Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
International Women's Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
March for Babies (March and April)
Music In Our Schools Month
National Athletic Training Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Color Therapy Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Different sponsor than Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Irish-American Heritage Month
National Kidney Month
National Kite Month (3/31-4/30)
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Optimism Month
National Peanut Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Play-the-Recorder Month
Poetry Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Red Cross Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month
Social Workers Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Steroid Abuse Prevention Month
Supply Management Month
Umbrella Month, Natl
Vulvar Health Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Youth Art Month
Observances this Week
St. Patrick's Week, Third Week in March
Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week, Third Week in March
Campfire USA Birthday Week, Third Full Week in March
Health Information Professionals Week, Third Full Week in March
National Animal Poison Prevention Week, Third Full Week in March
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week, Third Full Week in March
Root Canal Awareness Week, Third Full Week in March
Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week, Third Full Week in March
American Chocolate Week, Third Full Week in March
Flood Awareness Week, Third Work Week in March
Wellderly Week, Third Work Week in March
Wildlife Week, Third Work Week in March
World Folktales & Fables Week, Third Work Week in March
Historical Events on March 20th
141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1525 Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
1569 Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé
1598 French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty
1600 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.
1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
1616 Walter Raleigh is released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana after 13 years of imprisonment.
1627 France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
1739 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1760 The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts destroys 349 buildings.
1800 French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo
1814 Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands
1815 After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1816 US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
1833 US & Siam sign commercial treaty
1848 Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez.
1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)
1861 An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1863 Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals
1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC
1865 Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives
1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000
1883 The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Unity treaty of Paris) is signed.
1885 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine
1885 Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta
1886 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass
1888 Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
1888 The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta was staged in Moscow, Russia.
1890 General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded
1890 German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
1896 Uprising in Matabeleland
1897 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY
1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
1906 George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
1911 Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC
1913 Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1914 In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
1916 Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
1920 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months)
1920 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
1920 US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1922 The USS Langley (CV-1) is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1922 WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1923 Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA
1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
1924 Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn
1924 Stanley Cup, Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2
1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph
1931 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
1932 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR
1933 Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed
1933 Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany
1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany
1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
1937 Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain
1939 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania
1940 Paul Reynoud becomes French premier
1941 Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn
1942 Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
1942 Major German assault on Malta
1942 General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return", World War II.
1943 British offensive against Mareth-line
1943 German U-384 bombed & sinks
1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16
1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
1945 US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar
1946 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns
1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
1948 20th Academy Awards "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC
1948 With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
1951 Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1952 24th Academy Awards "American in Paris," H Bogart & Vivian Leigh win
1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
1952 The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.
1953 Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole
1954 "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances
1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
1956 Tunisia gains independence from France
1956 USSR performs nuclear test
1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)
1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
1964 The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi
1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1967 Supremes release "The Happening"
1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1969 Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa
1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1969 US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death
1974 Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
1976 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections
1977 Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century
1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center
1980 The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks off the English coast.
1980 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years
1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr
1982 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados
1982 France performs nuclear test
1982 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
1982 Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1984 Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools
1985 Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record)
1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government
1987 FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment)
1987 NASA launches Palapa B2P
1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode
1987 Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit
1987 The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36)
1988 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC
1988 Eritrean War of Independence, Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
1988 Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1989 Richard J Kerr replaces Robert M Gates as deputy director of CIA
1990 Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
1990 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident
1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records
1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus
1991 US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland
1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set
1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses
1993 An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England.
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
1993 Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs
1994 "Cyrano The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs
1994 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
1994 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
1994 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins
1994 El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war
1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
1994 Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup
1994 Wrestlemania X at Madison Square Garden NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna for championship.
1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
1995 A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons.
1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1995 Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)
1996 "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater NYC
1996 Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents
1996 UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
1997 "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances
1997 Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
1997 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
1999 Legoland California, the first and only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.
2000 Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
2000 Seattle, Washington's professional sports stadium, the Kingdome is demolished.
2003 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
2004 Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader.
2005 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.
2006 Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop.
2006 Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby.
2012 50 people are killed and 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq
2012 Disney movie John Carter records one of the largest losses in cinema history with a $200 million dollar write down
2013 Pierre Deligne wins the 2013 Abel Prize in mathematics
2016 Barak Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 2 day tour
Born on March 20th
(43 BC) Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17 AD)
1469 Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)
1477 Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)
1502 Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
1634 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
1644 Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)
1680 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
1725 Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
1728 Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist
1735 Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
1737 Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)
1739 Eligio Celestino, composer
1741 Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)
1750 Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
1770 Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)
1774 John Braham, composer
1799 Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
1800 Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (d. 1845)
1804 Neal Dow, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1811 George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)
1811 Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son and King of Rome (d. 1832)
1812 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1880)
1813 Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)
1820 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania
1823 John Echols, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1896)
1823 Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886)
1825 William Nelson Rector Beall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1826 Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor
1828 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) (d. 1906)
1829 Charles Albert White, composer
1830 Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army) (d. 1910)
1831 Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881)
1833 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
1834 Charles William Elliot, President of Harvard University (1869-1909) (d. 1926)
1836 Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
1836 Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919)
1840 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
1846 Auguste Bender, writer
1853 George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor, father of scientific management (d. 1915)
1856 Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941)
1863 Ernesto Nazareth, composer
1868 Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm)
1870 Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (East Africa) (d. 1964)
1872 Bernhard Seklas, composer
1872 Karin Michaelis, writer
1873 Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko)
1874 Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)
1876 Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
1879 Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (d. 1960)
1882 René Coty, French President (1953-58) (d. 1962)
1883 Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys)
1883 Karl Hasse, composer
1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
1885 Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist
1888 S V Vegesack, writer
1890 Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
1890 Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor, baritone (Natl Symphony) (d. 1973)
1895 Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)
1896 Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan)
1897 Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam
1902 Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction)
1902 Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account)
1903 Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
1903 Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
1904 B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (Skinner box) (d. 1990)
1905 Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949)
1906 Abraham Beame, American politician, NYC's 1st Jewish mayor (d. 2001)
1906 Ozzie Nelson, American bandleader and actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) (d. 1975)
1906 Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
1908 Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
1908 Michael Redgrave, English actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes) (d. 1985)
1908 Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin)
1911 Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1911 Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled)
1913 Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window)
1914 Wendell Corey, American actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl) (d. 1968)
1914 William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
1915 Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000)
1915 Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist (Stalin Prize-1945) (d. 1997)
1916 Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)
1917 Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)
1917 Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community)
1917 Vera Lynn, English actress and singer (Anniversary Waltz)
1918 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)
1918 Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer
1918 Jack Barry, American TV game show host (Joker's Wild) (d. 1984)
1918 Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
1920 Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician
1920 Pamela Harriman, British-American diplomat (d. 1997)
1920 Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes)
1921 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)
1921 Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian resistance fighter, philosopher and literary historian (d. 1977)
1921 Primoz Ramovs, composer
1921 Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973)
1922 Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)
1922 Carl Reiner, American film director (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show)
1922 Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977)
1922 Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose)
1922 Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (Elgart Orch)
1922 Ray Goulding, American comedian (Bob & Ray) (d. 1990)
1923 Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani Author, Journalist and Political Activist (d. 2006)
1924 Hermann Guggiari, Paraguay, engineer and sculptor (Rejas, NNUU)(d.2012)
1924 Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (d. 1998)
1925 James Pickles, judge
1925 John D Erlichman, American political figure (Nixon aide, Watergate) (d. 1999)
1926 Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)
1927 John Joubert, South African-born British composer
1927 John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet)
1928 Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book)
1928 Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer
1928 Fred Rogers, American TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood) (d. 2003)
1928 Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 Germán Robles, Spanish actor
1930 Michel Magne, composer
1931 Antonio Tauriello, composer
1931 David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission)
1931 Hal Linden (Harold Lipshitz), American actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic)
1931 John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics)
1932 Tod Dockstader, composer
1933 Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet
1933 David James Moore, educationalist
1933 George Altman, American baseball player
1933 Jacquez Guyonnet, composer
1934 David Malouf, Australian author
1934 Eric Hebborn, artist/faker
1934 Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England)
1934 Willie Brown, American politician
1935 Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996)
1936 Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican Reggae artist
1936 Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004)
1937 Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor
1937 Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937 Jerry Reed, American singer and actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit) (d. 2008)
1937 Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
1937 Lois Lowry, American children's author
1937 Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge
1938 Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP (CDA)
1938 Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist
1939 Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (1984-93)
1939 Earl of Seafield (Ginger), English large landowner
1940 Gianpiero Moretti, Milan, Italy, steering wheel designer (Momo), (d. 2012)
1940 Mickey Preger, horse trainer
1941 Carlos Lopez, jockey
1941 Kenji Kimihara, Japanese long-distance runner
1941 Pat Corrales, American baseball player
1943 Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
1943 Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist
1943 Paul Junger Witt, American TV producer
1945 Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot
1945 Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
1945 Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985)
1945 Pat Riley, American basketball player and NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat)
1945 Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
1946 Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way)
1947 Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer)
1947 John Boswell, American historian (medievalist) (d. 1994)
1948 Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player, Hall of Fame NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins)
1948 John de Lancie, American actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives)
1948 Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives)
1949 Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist
1950 Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
1950 William Hurt, American actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God)
1951 Curt Smith, American author and media host
1951 Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1951 Jimmie Vaughan, American blues guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1951 John Wetton, rocker (Asia)
1951 Madan Lal, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's)
1951 Tanya Boyd, Detroit Mich, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life)
1952 Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)
1952 Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver
1954 Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
1954 Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
1954 Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
1954 Mike Francesa, American sports talk show host
1956 Anne Donahue, Vermont state representative
1956 Catherine Ashton, British politician
1956 Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
1957 Chris Wedge, American animator
1957 David Foster, Australian woodchopper
1957 Farida Samerkhanova, Canadian writer
1957 Spike Lee (Shelton Jackson Lee), American film director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
1957 Theresa Russell (Paup), American actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge)
1957 Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
1958 Holly Hunter, American actress (Broadcast News, The Piano)
1958 Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
1958 Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
1958 Stephen Sommers, American film director
1959 Dale Reid, Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer (European Solheim Cup team)
1959 Dave Beasant, English football goalkeeper
1959 Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
1959 Steve McFadden, British actor
1959 Sting, American professional wrestler
1961 Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
1961 John Clark Gable, LA California, actor (Bad Jim)
1961 Kathy Guadagnino, Albany NY, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open)
1961 Slim Jim Phantom (Jim Mcdonnell), American musician (Stray Cats)
1962 Stephen Sommers, American film director
1963 David Thewlis, English actor (Remus Lupin-Harry Potter series)
1963 Kathy Ireland, American model and actress
1963 Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster
1963 Paul Annacone, American tennis player
1963 Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection)
1963 Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96)
1963 Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007)
1964 Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
1964 Ruth Davidon, Balt MD, rower (Olympics-6th-96)
1965 Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1965 Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1965 William Dalrymple, Writer and Historian
1966 Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
1966 Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1966 Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
1967 Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold & Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice)
1967 Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991)
1967 Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1967 Randy Gullatt, horse trainer
1968 A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
1968 Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star (PSV/AA Gent)
1968 Jurgen Rumrich, Miesbach GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1968 Liza Snyder, American actress
1968 Paul Merson, English footballer
1968 Sheree Megan Higgins, Matamata NZ, golfer (1991 Bridgestone)
1969 Caroline Brunet, Quebec kayaker (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Russia, 238lbs US weightlift (Oly-96)
1969 Mannie Fresh, American producer
1969 Paul Atkinson, jockey
1969 Sharon Manning, WNBA center/forward (Charlotte Sting)
1969 Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1970 Kristin Klein, Santa Monica California, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96)
1970 Michael Rapaport, American actor
1970 Michele Jaffe, U.S.American novelist
1970 Ralph Dawkins, NFL running back (NO Saints)
1970 Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 Todd Burger, NFL guard (Chic Bears)
1971 Ingrid Kavelaars, Canadian actress
1971 Janis Kelly, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1971 Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1971 Touré, American writer
1972 Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 Franz Ferdinand (Alexander Kapranos), Greek-British musician
1973 Cedric Yarbrough, American actor
1973 Christopher Heinz, American businessman; son of Teresa Heinz
1973 Jane March, English actress (Lover)
1973 Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor
1973 Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
1973 Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer
1974 P J Bogart, NYC, diver (Olympics-96)
1974 Paula Garces, Colombian actress
1975 Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ)
1976 Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
1976 Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)
1979 Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer
1979 Bianca Lawson, American actress
1979 Fiona Wade, British actress
1979 Freema Agyeman, British actress
1979 Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
1979 Molly Jenson, American musician
1979 Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress
1980 Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
1980 Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer
1981 Ian Murray, Scottish Footballer
1982 José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
1982 Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
1982 Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
1984 Christy Carlson Romano, American actress
1984 Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
1984 Justine Ezarik, American Internet personality
1984 Marcus Vick, American football player
1984 Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver
1984 Rami Malek, Egyptian-born actor
1984 Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice-hockey player
1984 Winta, Norwegian musician
1985 Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
1985 Yoan Merlo, French e-sport gamer
1986 Dean Geyer, Australian singer and actor
1986 Ruby Rose Langenheim, Australian VJ
1987 Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
1987 Jô, Brazilian footballer
1987 Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
1987 Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer
1987 Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
1987 Rollo Weeks, English actor
1987 Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
1988 Louie Vito, American snowboarder
1989 Catherine McNeil, Australian model
1989 Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
Died on March 20th
687 St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634)
842 Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842)
1191 Clement III, (Paolo Scolari), Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades)
1239 Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1179)
1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India
1390 Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338)
1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, (Jan Nepomucky), Czech saint
1413 King Henry IV of England (b. 1367)
1415 Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45
1501 Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
1531 Sicke Freerks/Frericx, (Cutter), Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, widower of Queen Catherine Parr, beheaded (b. 1508)
1568 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia
1568 Duke Albert of Prussia (b. 1490)
1586 Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)
1617 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician
1619 Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19) (b. 1557)
1646 Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque)
1673 Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)
1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden
1730 Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
1732 Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)
1746 Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)
1751 Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I
1757 Johann Paul Kunzen, compose
1767 Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar
1780 Sir Benjamin Truman English brewer (b. 1699/1700)
1793 William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)
1804 Ignaz Malzat, composer
1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer
1835 Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
1848 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet
1855 Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)
1865 Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
1866 Rikard Nordraak, composer
1871 Antonio Buzzolla, composer
1873 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer
1874 Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (b. 1810)
1878 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian
1890 Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
1892 Arthor Goring Thomas, composer
1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849)
1897 Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821)
1899 Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822)
1899 Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1910 Félix Tournachon, (Nadar), French writer/photographer
1911 Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer
1913 Christian Barnekow, composer
1913 Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party
1916 Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)
1918 Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828)
1920 Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered
1925 George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Foreign minister (1919-22) (b. 1859)
1928 Fred Rogers, childrens show host (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)
1929 Ferdinand Foch, French commander of allied forces in World War I (b. 1851)
1931 Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 Giuseppe (Joe) Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on Franklin Roosevelt (b. 1900)
1934 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent)
1934 Queen Emma of the Netherlands (b. 1858)
1936 Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
1940 Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
1941 D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp)
1942 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer
1944 Felix Woyrsch, composer
1947 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884)
1950 Walter Eucken, German economist
1951 Jan Ingenhoven, composer
1951 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer
1953 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas)
1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings)
1962 C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite)
1963 Karl Otten, writer
1964 Brendan Behan, Irish playwright and author (b. 1923)
1964 Jean Rogister, composer
1967 A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc)
1969 Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
1970 Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (b. 1920)
1972 Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist
1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front)
1972 Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (Grace-Bus Stop) (b. 1921)
1974 (Lavinia) Marian Fleming Poe, Black US advocate in Virg
1974 Chet Huntley, American television journalist (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report) (b. 1911)
1976 Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out)
1981 Gerry Bertier, American wheelchair Olympian (b. 1953)
1982 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
1983 Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays)
1988 Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool)
1990 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer
1990 Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie
1990 Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (b. 1929)
1991 Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window (Tears in Heaven) (b. 1986)
1992 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers)
1992 Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer
1992 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Hiroshima, My Love) (b. 1925)
1993 Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin
1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA (3yo)
1993 Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1994 Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
1995 Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (b. 1948)
1995 Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47)
1995 Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered
1995 Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934)
1996 Alan Ridout, composer
1996 Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist
1996 Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist
1997 Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill)
1997 Grace Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (Playboy)
1997 Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
1997 V. S. Pritchett, British writer and critic (b. 1900)
1998 George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician (b. 1956)
2000 Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
2001 Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
2003 Sailor Art Thomas, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
2004 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1917)
2004 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
2005 Armand Lohikoski, Finnish film director (b. 1912)
2007 Gilbert E. Patterson, presiding bishop of COGIC (b. 1939)
2007 Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
2007 Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938)
2008 Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1921)
2008 Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (b. 1935)
2008 Klaus Dinger, German Musician (b. 1946)
2008 Shoban Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2009 Mel Brown, American/Canadian Blues Guitarist (b. 1939)
2010 Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (b. 1925)
2010 Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer (b. 1920)
2010 Stewart Udall, American politician, environmentalist (b. 1920)
2011 Johnny Pearson, British Composer (b. 1925)
2012 Jim Stynes, Irish Australian rules footballer
2012 Mel Parnell (Melvin), American Major League Baseball pitcher
2013 Zillur Rahman, 19th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929)
2013 James Herbert, British horror writer
2014 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer
2015 Malcolm Fraser, Australian Prime Minister (Liberal, 1975-83)
2015 Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1959-91)
2015 Gregory Walcott, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
2016 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82)