March 20
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| * [[1852]] - [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published. | * [[1852]] - [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published. | ||
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| *[[1828]] - [[Henrik Ibsen]], Norwegian writer (d. [[1906]]) | *[[1828]] - [[Henrik Ibsen]], Norwegian writer (d. [[1906]]) | ||
| *[[1895]] - [[Fredric Wertham]], German-born psychologist (d. [[1981]]) | *[[1895]] - [[Fredric Wertham]], German-born psychologist (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[B. F. Skinner]], American psychologist (d. [[1990]]) | + | *[[1904]] - [[B. F. Skinner]], American psychologist (d. 1990) |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Reggae artist | + | *[[1936]] - [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican singer and producer (d. 2021) |
| *[[1943]] - [[Gerard Malanga]], American poet and photographer | *[[1943]] - [[Gerard Malanga]], American poet and photographer | ||
| *[[1957]] - [[Spike Lee]], American film director | *[[1957]] - [[Spike Lee]], American film director | ||
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| *[[1746]] - [[Nicolas de Largillière]], French painter (b. [[1656]]) | *[[1746]] - [[Nicolas de Largillière]], French painter (b. [[1656]]) | ||
| + | *[[1945]] - [[Lord Alfred Douglas]], English writer ("The love that dare not speak its name.") (b. [[1870]]) | ||
| *[[1964]] - [[Brendan Behan]], Irish playwright and author (b. [[1923]]) | *[[1964]] - [[Brendan Behan]], Irish playwright and author (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| + | *[[1968]] - [[Carl Dreyer]], Danish film director. (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| *[[1992]] - [[Georges Delerue]], French film composer (b. [[1925]]) | *[[1992]] - [[Georges Delerue]], French film composer (b. [[1925]]) | ||
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| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Carl Dreyer]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Bed-In]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Winter]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[The Chatterley Affair]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Nicolas de Largillière]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Charles Lasègue]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Désiré Nisard]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Francis Grasso]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Edward Lloyd]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Maurice Cloche]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Lord Alfred Douglas]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Theresa Russell]] | ||
| - | *[[xxxx]] - [[Antonin Proust]] | ||
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Typically the March equinox falls on this date, marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere, when both day and night are of equal length.
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Art and culture
- 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
- 1969 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono marry in Gibraltar
- 2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
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Births
- 43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)
- 1770 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)
- 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906)
- 1895 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)
- 1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990)
- 1936 - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer and producer (d. 2021)
- 1943 - Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
- 1957 - Spike Lee, American film director
- 1957 - Theresa Russell, American actress
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Deaths
- 1746 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)
- 1945 - Lord Alfred Douglas, English writer ("The love that dare not speak its name.") (b. 1870)
- 1964 - Brendan Behan, Irish playwright and author (b. 1923)
- 1968 - Carl Dreyer, Danish film director. (b. 1889)
- 1992 - Georges Delerue, French film composer (b. 1925)
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