On This Day
This Day in History: (20-March)
Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)
Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (b. a commoner; d. on a Saturday in January 1307)
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1348)
Cecily of York (d. 1507)
Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (d. 1527)
Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)
Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1611)
Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (d. 1672)
Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (d. 1659)
Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)
Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)
Rama I, Thai king (d. 1809)
Heinrich Clauren, German author (d. 1854)
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (d. 1862)
Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)
Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)
Thomas Cooper, British poet (d. 1892)
Napoleon II, French emperor (d. 1832)
George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (d. 1879)
Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1886)
Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)
Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (d. 1881)
Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (d. 1926)
Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (d. 1919)
Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician (d. 1914)
John Lavery, Irish painter (d. 1941)
Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (d. 1915)
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (d. 1945)
Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)
Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)
René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (d. 1962)
Harold Weber, American golfer (d. 1933)
Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1966)
John Jensen, Australian public servant (d. 1970)
Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (d. 1958)
Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)
Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (d. 1973)
Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (d. 1954)
Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (d. 1942)[1]
Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)
Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (d. 1975)
Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)
Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)
Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (d. 1999)
Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (d. 1968)
Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (d. 1968)
Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (d. 2000)
Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 1997)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
Vera Lynn, English singer
Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)
Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)
Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (d. 2013)
Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (d. 1983)
Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (d. 1997)
Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)
Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)
Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader
Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)
Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (d. 1999)
John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic
Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)
James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)
Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (d. 2003)
William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (d. 2015)
S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)
Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director
Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter
Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
George Altman, American baseball player
Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)
Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco
David Malouf, Australian author and playwright
Ted Bessell, American actor and director (d. 1996)
Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (d. 1995)
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor
Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
Lois Lowry, American author
Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic
Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014)
Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician 18th Prime Minister of Canada
Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager
Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)
Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (d. 2012)
Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager
Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner
Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (d. 2015)
Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer
John Cameron, English composer and conductor
Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist
Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop
Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (d. 2015)
Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach
Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)
John de Lancie, American actor
Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist
Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
William Hurt, American actor
Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter
Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver
David Greenaway, English economist and academic
Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter
Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator
Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
Paul Mirabella, American baseball player
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author
Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter
Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician
Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
David Foster, Australian woodchopper
Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Theresa Russell, American actress
Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
Holly Hunter, American actress and producer
Rickey Jackson, American football player
Joe Reaiche, Australian rugby player
Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach
Mary Roach, American author
Sting (wrestler), American wrestler
Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor
Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic
Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician
Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager
Slim Jim Phantom, American rock drummer
Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist
Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach
Kathy Ireland, American model, actress, and furniture designer
Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (d. 2007)
David Thewlis, English-French actor, director, and screenwriter
Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter
William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author
Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter
Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player
Carlos Almeida, Cape Verdean runner
A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
Paul Merson, English footballer and manager
Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Fabien Galthie, French rugby player
Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Michael Rapaport, American actor, podcast host, and director
Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
Touré, American journalist and author
Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Greg Searle, English rower
Marco Sejna, German footballer
Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier
Nicky Boje, South African cricketer
Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner
Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2017)
Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player
Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
Ian Murray, Scottish footballer
Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player
Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer
Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer
Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer
Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer
Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer
Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer
Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer
Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player
Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer
Mattia Destro, Italian footballer
Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer
Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player
Sloane Stephens, American tennis player
Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player