March 20th
Today in America's Present Past
1760 | The great fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings.
1774 | The British enacted the first Intolerable Acts: the Boston Port Act.
1804 | General Neal Dow was born.
1852 | Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published.
1856 | Engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor was born.
1868 | Outlaw Jesse James Gang robs a bank in Russellville, Kentucky.
1896 | Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens.
1906 | Actor Oswald “Ozzie” Nelson was born.
1922 | Actor Carl Reiner was born.
1922 | The first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley, is commissioned.
1925 | Politician John Erlichman was born.
1926 | Engineer Harold Rosen was born.
1928 | Entertainer Fred Rogers was born.
1930 | Harland Sanders opens his first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.
1933 | Giuseppe Zangara elected for the attempted assassination of President Roosevelt.
1943 | Poet Gerard Malanga was born.
1950 | Actor William Hurt was born.
1952 | WWII: Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan.
1957 | Director Spike Lee was born.
1968 | POTUS: Democrat President Johnson signs legislation removing gold backing of the US dollar.
1973 | Politician Ronna McDaniel was born.
1986 | Civil Rights: New York City passed the first lesbian and gay rights legislation.
1996 | Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents.
1999 | Admiral Roy Johnson died.
2003 | U.S. invades Iraq.
2016 | POTUS: Democrat President Obama becomes the first President since 1928 to visit Cuba.
2020 | Entertainer Kenny Rogers died.