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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: International Day Of Happiness:
-- If you're happy and you know it, celebrate it -- because today
is International Day Of Happiness! Other than being in a neutral
state, happy is how we should mostly be. Unfortunately, emotions
like anger and sadness are increasingly becoming a default way to
be for a lot of us, so here's a day to cheer up and appreciate the
good things and silver linings in life. To quote from the very
first sentence of the preamble of The Declaration Of Independence,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and *the
pursuit of Happiness*." First launched on March 20, 2013 by
the grandson of South African president Nelson Mandela, Ndaba
Mandela, and the daughter of American president Bill Clinton,
Chelsea Clinton, at the TedXTeen conference in New York City.
International Day Of Happiness is a global event arranged by the
United Nations annually on March 20. It serves to remind us that
being happy is a human right and worth celebrating - and if you're
not already happy on this day, the celebrations may change that! A
holiday called International Day Of Happiness may sound a bit
infantile to the uninitiated. Perhaps you're imagining children
singing 'If you're happy and you know it_' or people gleefully
dancing under a smiling sun and rainbows. While you're not
entirely wrong - who doesn't like a good sing-song session - the
truth is there's much more to this delightful day than just smiles
and good vibes. We celebrate International Day Of Happiness thanks
to the work done by the United Nations and its partner nonprofit
group Action for Happiness, which is composed of people from 160
countries. The ultimate goal of the movement is to spread
awareness that progress is not only about increasing bottom lines
and encouraging economic growth, but well-being and human
happiness as well. In 2011, the UN General Assembly adopted a
resolution that made it a "fundamental human goal" to
give happiness as much priority as economic opportunity. Two years
later, in 2013, all 193 member states of the UN celebrated the
world's first International Day Of Happiness, and it has continued
to grow since. So as you listen to Pharrell Williams's 'Happy' on
repeat, also take a minute this March 20th to consider what truly
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: World Flour Day: -- An annual
recognition of the importance of flour in our daily diets and our
health. In every part of the world, products made from flour
provide daily sustenance for billions of people. Flour is the main
ingredient in delicious foods like pasta, cakes, pastries, bread,
and biscuits. For thousands of years, humans have consumed grains
ground into flour. Ancient humans gathered the oat kernels growing
wild around them. Using a stone tool much like a pestle, they
crushed the kernels into a coarse flour. Today, we continue to
enjoy many varieties of domesticated grains. In the Northern
Hemisphere, many farms prepare to plant these grain crops around
March 20th. The earth is warming and ready to grow. In the
Southern Hemisphere, autumn has arrived. The grains have ripened,
and harvest is beginning. The day honors the farmers and millers,
shippers and truckers, processors and bakers who bring the white
gold to our tables. It's a day for gratitude, and one of hope as
the seeds are sown, and harvests are reaped. So invite a friend
for a meal made with flour. A whole-grain sandwich or a sweet
pastry sounds delicious. Don an apron and bake up some cookies;
deliver them to your favorite farmer or co-worker. Try a new
recipe while you're at it. Learn about varieties of flour and try
baking with one you've never used. Practice making a rue. One of
the key ingredients is flour, and it makes some of the most
amazing sauces and soups. What's your favorite flour product? Tell
us using #WorldFlourDay and share on social media. The Flour World
Museum founded World Flour Day on March 20th in 2019 to celebrate
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: World Oral Health Day: -- A
global observance holiday celebrated annually that was created to
spread awareness about good oral hygiene. The holiday is sponsored
and marketed by F.D.I. World Dental Federation, the day has
presented itself as a flagship forum to discuss and talk about
dental care and oral hygiene. On this day, dentists and oral
Hygienists use various platforms to educate people on achieving
good oral hygiene and expanding on different treatments. Ancient
Egyptian and Chinese texts have revealed that cultures have
maintained the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene for
decades now. From using primitive tools like porcupine quills,
fish bones, or feathers to slightly advanced use of tree barks, In
one form or the other, oral health has been essential in all
cultures. In China, by the 1400s, the people started making
bristles plucked from cold climate pigs, fixed them to some bone
or wood, and used them as toothbrushes. During the same time in
Europe, salt was mixed in a solution of brandy and water, and it
was used to rinse clean the mouth, and then some sponge was used
to rub the teeth to remove anything stuck between the teeth. So,
in one way or the other, as advancements were made in oral health,
there were also cases of a majority of people who did not care
about oral hygiene. Diseases began to emerge for which there was
no cure. Traditional herbs were used to manage the ailments, but
it was not until 1880 that nurses started providing prophylaxis
treatment to prevent disease. Dentists emerged shortly after with
specific dental techniques that were used to treat dental and oral
conditions. Federation Dentaire International (F.D.I.) has been
the most vocal force behind spreading oral health awareness. In
their hundred-plus years of existence, the group has promoted and
emphasized the importance of oral health and hygiene. Their
campaign to spread awareness on the importance of maintaining good
oral hygiene bore fruit in 2013 when the first global-scale day
was announced to celebrate World Oral Health Day. Since 2013,
every year's Oral Health Day has followed a specific theme. The
first theme was Healthy Teeth for Healthy Life, and similarly,
2014 had its unique theme. These themes have centered around a
specific message for the year. They are building awareness in
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: National Proposal Day: -- On
this date when days and nights balance, National Proposal Day
offers an equal opportunity for a marriage proposal. For many,
this is the day they've been waiting patiently to arrive without
success. Others will pop the question suddenly. Observed on both
the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes, this day of proposal making is
an opportunity to let the loved one in your life know you are open
to a marriage proposal. Where subtle hints have not worked, a more
direct approach may be required. If you've identified your one
true love and are seeking a marriage proposal, pop the question!
Drop some hints if you prefer to be the one asked. Try these: Show
your love pictures of your friend's new engagement ring. Pick up
the latest bridal magazine and leave it lying around. Visit your
favorite bakery, and while there, ask what their most popular
wedding cake flavors are. Ask your love whether they want a big
wedding or prefer to elope. Drive by churches on a Saturday
afternoon until you see a bridal party leaving and ask your love
for their thoughts on the attire. Go jewelry shopping. Get caught
singing Chapel of Love by The Dixie Cups. When someone asks when
you're getting married, look to your love to answer the question.
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: Won't You Be My Neighbor Day:
-- March 20, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD! Fred Rogers, popularly known as
Mister Rogers, American television personality, musician,
puppeteer, writer and Presbyterian minister, host and producer of
Mister Roger's Neighborhood (d. February 27, 2003) is #born Fred
McFeely Rogersat 705 Main Street in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Fred
Rogers was famous for creating, hosting, and composing the theme
music for the educational preschool television series Mister
Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001), which featured his kind-hearted,
grandfatherly personality, and directness to his audiences.
Initially educated to be a minister, Rogers was displeased with
the way television addressed children and made an effort to change
this when he began to write for and perform on local
Pittsburgh-area shows dedicated to youth. WQED developed his own
show in 1968 and it was distributed nationwide by Eastern
Educational Television Network. Over the course of three decades
on television, Fred Rogers became an icon of American children's
entertainment and education. He was also known for his advocacy of
various public causes. His testimony before a lower court in favor
of fair-use recording of television shows to play at another time
(now known as time shifting) was cited in a U.S. Supreme Court
decision on the Betamax case, and he gave now-famous testimony to
a U.S. Senate committee, advocating government funding for
children's television. Rogers received the Presidential Medal Of
Freedom, some forty honorary degrees, and a Peabody Award. He was
inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, was recognized by two
Congressional resolutions, and was ranked No. 35 among TV Guide's
Fifty Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Several buildings and
artworks in Pennsylvania are dedicated to his memory, and the
Smithsonian Institution displays one of his trademark sweaters as
a "Treasure of American History". On June 25, 2016, the
Fred Rogers Historical Marker was placed near Latrobe,
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: World Storytelling Day: -- A
day that celebrates the art of storytelling. Whether the story has
words, pictures, signs, or expressions, all forms of storytelling
are appreciated on this day. The day acknowledges the art form of
storytelling and encourages diversity among different cultures and
races. So get your Peter Pan on and join us to celebrate one of
the oldest forms of communication. Storytelling is considered a
communication method like no other. It can travel through space
and time and still have relevance to the present day. Storytelling
can be presented in any language and form and still be relatable
and understandable. It also can influence thoughts/emotions and
stimulate creativity. The history of storytelling dates back to
the stone age. Over the year's cave paintings, drawings and
messages have become a source of information. It serves as
remnants of ancient knowledge that educates us about the past. The
stories that were found on cave walls were reiterated every time
man set eyes on them. Each time the story was told, the art form
of storytelling started to grow. As the populations expanded and
people started moving across borders, they carried their
experiences in stories passed on from generation to generation.
Stories even multiplied as the years went on, as every generation
had their own set of experiences to add to it. Besides true
stories that contained experiences and information, people also
created fictional stories. This is the world of make-belief and
imagination. Each genre of storytelling has a specific place in
life, and it's clear that the art form has existed for more than a
few decades. Coming towards the exclusivity of the day, the proper
dedication of this day to storytelling was done by the Swedish in
1991 when they started celebrating 'Alla Berratares Dag' The
people who started this day passed away, but the reigns were taken
over by the dedicated followers and the trend caught pace by
becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Every year people from around the
globe celebrate World Storytelling Day by bringing their favorite
compelling tale to life. Most people visit storytelling seminars,
libraries, and more to take part in the fun and festivities of a
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20: Alien Abduction
Day/Extraterrestrial Abduction Day: -- Alien Abduction Day is
celebrated on March 20 every year and although we are not sure how
the date was chosen or when it started being celebrated, we know
that the Alien Abduction Day festival in Toronto popularized it in
2008. A substantial number of people claim to have seen and
experienced aliens, even though some people do not believe in
aliens and it is frequently dismissed as a joke. People who
believe in aliens are the focus of Alien Abduction Day. According
to U.F.O. experts, whether or not these allegations are real, they
will have a significant influence on the claimants. Aliens are
said to be living things that exist outside the planet earth. It
is believed that aliens transport themselves through unidentified
flying objects (U.F.O.s). The first time a U.F.O. was sighted was
on March 1, 1639, when John Winthrop recorded in his diary that
another man James Everell was in a boat with two other people in a
river when they saw a great light in the night sky. When the light
stood still it flamed up and when it ran it changed into the
figure of a swine. The men in the boat also claimed that the light
ran very fast and was going back and forth between their village
and another nearby village just two miles away. Some other people
said they saw the light too around the same area. After a while of
sighting the U.F.O., the people in the boat saw themselves in a
part of the river that they couldn't remember rowing their boat
to. It was very strange and if it were in today's world, it would
have been recorded as the first alien abduction. Even though there
had been speculations about aliens over the years, it wasn't until
the 1960s that it started getting a lot of attention. The first
widely publicized story of alien abduction was the "Hill
Abduction," which was the abduction of Barney and Betty Hill.
They claimed aliens abducted them from September 19 to 20 in the
rural part of New Hampshire. Their story was so profound that it
was adapted into a book called "The Interrupted Journey"
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 43 BC: #BOTD: #HBD! Ovid, Roman
poet who lived during the reign of Augustus (d. c. 17/18 AD) is
#born Publius Ovidius Naso in Sulmo, Italy, Roman Republic. Known
as Ovid in the English-speaking world, he was a contemporary of
the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one
of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial
scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love
elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but, in one of the
mysteries of literary history, was sent by Augustus into exile in
a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his
death. Ovid himself attributes his exile to carmen et error, "a
poem and a mistake", but his discretion in discussing the
causes has resulted in much speculation among scholars. The first
major Roman poet to begin his career during the reign of Augustus,
Ovid is today best known for the Metamorphoses, a 15-book
continuous mythological narrative written in the meter of epic,
and for works in elegiac couplets such as Ars Amatoria ("The
Art of Love") and Fasti. His poetry was much imitated during
Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and greatly influenced Western
art and literature. The Metamorphoses remains one of the most
important sources of classical mythology. Ovid died in Constanta
(modern day Tomis, Romania) on the Black Sea coast, aged 63 or 64.
It is thought that The Fasti, a six-book poem in elegiac couplets
on the theme of the calendar of Roman festivals and astronomy
which he spent some time revising, were published posthumously.
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1815: The Age Of Enlightenment
(The Enlightenment, The Age Of Reason): The Age Of Revolution: The
Atlantic Revolutions: The French Revolution: The French
Revolutionary And Napoleonic Wars (The Great French War) (The
French Revolutionary Wars, The Napoleonic Wars): The Napoleonic
Wars: The Coalition Wars: The Hundred Days (The War Of The Seventh
Coalition): -- 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, the period
between Napoleon's arrival in Paris on March 20, 1815 and the
second restoration of King Louis XVIII on July 8, 1815, a period
of 110 days. On March 1, 1815, Napoleon returned to France after
escaping from his banishment on Elba on February 26 to start of
the Hundred Days. This period saw the Allie's War of the Seventh
Coalition, and includes the Waterloo Campaign, the Neapolitan War
as well as several other minor campaigns. The phrase les Cent
Jours (the hundred days) was first used by the prefect of Paris,
Gaspard, comte de Chabrol, in his speech welcoming the king back
to Paris on 8 July. After Napoleon's defeat, the British exiled
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1828: #BOTD: #HBD! Henrik
Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. May 23, 1906)
is #born Henrik Johan Ibsen into an affluent merchant family in
Stockmanngarden, a large building in the central section of the
prosperous port town of Skien in Bratsberg county (modern
Telemark), Norway. Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian
playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as
"the father of realism" and is one of the founders of
Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An
Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda
Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Pillars of
Society, The Lady from the Sea, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder,
and John Gabriel Borkman. He is the most frequently performed
dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and by the early 20th
century A Doll's House became the world's most performed play.
Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of
his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals
of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later work examined the
realities that lay behind many facades, revealing much that was
disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and
free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality.
The poetic and cinematic early play Peer Gynt, however, has strong
surreal elements. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most
distinguished playwrights in the European tradition. He is widely
regarded as the most important playwright since Shakespeare. He
influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard
Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and
Miroslav Krleza. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Ibsen wrote his plays in
Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway) and
they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although
most of his plays are set in Norway - often in places reminiscent
of Skien, the port town where he grew up - Ibsen lived for 27
years in Italy and Germany, and rarely visited Norway during his
most productive years. Born into a merchant family connected to
the patriciate of Skien, Ibsen shaped his dramas according to his
family background. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd
Ibsen. Henrik Ibsen died at 2:30 pm on May 23, 1906 at the age of
78 in Kristiania (modern Oslo), Norway after a series of strokes.
On May 22, his nurse assured a visitor that he was a little
better, Ibsen then spluttered his last words "On the
contrary" ("Tvertimod!"). Ibsen was buried in Var
Frelsers Gravlund ("The Graveyard of Our Savior") in
central Oslo. Ibsen's dramas continue in their influence upon
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1852: First Publications: --
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or
Life Among the Lowly, is published, and the novel helped lay the
groundwork for the Civil War. On June 5, 1851, it had first
appeared in the National Era abolitionist newspaper as part of a
ten-month run. Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford
Female Seminary and an active abolitionist, featured the character
of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories
of other characters revolve. The sentimental novel depicts the
reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can
overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human
beings. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th
century and the second best-selling book of that century,
following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the
abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In the first year after it was
published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United
States; one million copies in Great Britain. In 1855, three years
after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel
of our day." The impact attributed to the book is great,
reinforced by a story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the
start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, "So this is the
little lady who started this great war." The quote is
apocryphal; it did not appear in print until 1896. The book and
the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of stereotypes
about black people. These include the affectionate, dark-skinned
"mammy"; the "pickaninny" stereotype of black
children; and the "Uncle Tom", or dutiful,
long-suffering servant faithful to his white master or mistress.
In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin
have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1908: #BOTD: Frank Stanton,
American broadcasting executive, President of The Columbia
Broadcasting System (CBS) between 1946 and 1971, Vice Chairman of
CBS until 1973, Chairman of the Rand Corporation from 1961 until
1967, administrator-designate of the Emergency Communications
Agency, part of the secret group (The Eisenhower Ten) created by
President Eisenhower in 1958 to serve in the event of a national
emergency (d. December 24, 2006) is #born Frank Nicholas Stanton
in in Muskegon, Michigan. During the period of McCarthyism,
Stanton created an office at CBS to review the political leanings
of employees. At Stanton's direction, employees were required to
take an oath of loyalty to the US government, and blacklisting
became policy. Good Night, and Good Luck, a 2005 movie portraying
this era as it took shape during the famous showdown between
Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy, left Stanton out of the film
as a character, partly because Stanton was still living and might
have objected to his portrayal. Stanton played a role in the
infamous controversy involving Arthur Godfrey's firing of Julius
LaRosa. LaRosa hired a manager following a minor dispute with
Godfrey. Godfrey consulted Stanton, who suggested that he fire the
popular LaRosa, then a rising star, on the air - just as he'd
hired him on the air in 1951. Godfrey did so on October 19, 1953,
without informing LaRosa before the airing, announcing "that
was Julie's swan song with us.". The move caused an enormous
backlash against Godfrey. Godfrey subsequently explained that La
Rosa had been fired because he lacked "humility." This
comment backfired badly on Godfrey; comedians began working the
phrase "no humility" into their routines. Stanton later
told Godfrey biographer Arthur Singer that "Maybe (the
recommendation) was a mistake." Frank Stanton died in his
sleep at his home in Boston at the age of 98. His burial details
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March 20, 1908: #BOTD: #HBD! Michael
Redgrave, English stage and film actor, director, manager, voice
actor and author (d. March 21, 1985) is #born Michael Scudamore
Redgrave in Bristol, England, the son of actress Margaret
Scudamore and the silent film actor Roy Redgrave. Sir Michael
Scudamore Redgrave CBE had a long and distinguished career in all
forms of the performing arts. Having come from an acting family,
his children Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave
have likewise taken up acting as a career. He received a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his
performance in Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), as well as two
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor nominations for his
performances in The Night My Number Came Up (1955) and Time
Without Pity (1957). At the 4th Cannes Film Festival, he won Best
Actor for his performance in The Browning Version (1951). Michael
Redgrave died in a nursing home in Denham, Buckinghamshire,
England from Parkinson's disease, the day after his 77th birthday.
He was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium and his ashes were
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1915: Great Discoveries: Great
Discoveries Of Physics: General Relativity (The General Theory Of
Relativity, Einstein's Theory Of Gravity): First Publications: --
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity. Albert
Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. He was a
German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of
relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside
quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on
the philosophy of science. He is best known by the general public
for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been
dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). He received
the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to
theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law
of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the evolution
of quantum theory. He was visiting the United States when Adolf
Hitler came to power in 1933 and-being Jewish-did not go back to
Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of
Sciences. He settled in the United States, becoming an American
citizen in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he endorsed a letter
to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential
development of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type"
and recommending that the U.S. begin similar research. This
eventually led to what would become the Manhattan Project.
Einstein supported defending the Allied forces, but generally
denounced the idea of using the newly discovered nuclear fission
as a weapon. Later, with the British philosopher Bertrand Russell,
he signed the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, which highlighted the
danger of nuclear weapons. He was affiliated with the Institute
for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, until his death in
1955. Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along
with over 150 non-scientific works. His intellectual achievements
and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous
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March 20, 1915: #BOTD: #HBD! Sister
Rosetta Tharpe, nicknamed"The Original Soul Sister" and
"The Godmother Of Rock And Roll", pioneer African
American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and recording artist (d.
October 9, 1973) is #born with the name of either Rosetta Nubin,
Rosether Atkins or Rosether Atkinson in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, to
Katie Bell Nubin and Willis Atkins, who were cotton pickers
(researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc give her birth name as
Rosether Atkins (or Atkinson), her mother's name being Katie
Harper). Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained popularity in the 1930s
and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique
mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that was
extremely important to the origins of rock and roll. She was the
first great recording star of gospel music and among the first
gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll
audiences. She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including
Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis
Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar
technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to
use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, presaging the rise of
electric blues. Her guitar playing technique had a profound
influence on the development of British blues in the 1960s; in
particular a European tour with Muddy Waters in 1964 with a stop
in Manchester on May 7 is cited by prominent British guitarists
such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Keith Richards. Willing to
cross the line between sacred and secular by performing her music
of "light" in the "darkness" of nightclubs and
concert halls with big bands behind her, Tharpe pushed spiritual
music into the mainstream and helped pioneer the rise of
pop-gospel, beginning in 1938 with the recording "Rock Me"
and with her 1939 hit "This Train". Her unique music
left a lasting mark on more conventional gospel artists such as
Ira Tucker, Sr., of the Dixie Hummingbirds. While she offended
some conservative churchgoers with her forays into the pop world,
she never left gospel music. Tharpe's 1944 release "Down by
the Riverside" was selected for the National Recording
Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress in 2004, which noted that
it "captures her spirited guitar playing and unique vocal
style, demonstrating clearly her influence on early
rhythm-and-blues performers" and cited her influence on "many
gospel, jazz, and rock artists". ("Down by the
Riverside" was recorded by Tharpe on December 2, 1948, in New
York City, and issued as Decca single 48106.) Her 1945 hit
"Strange Things Happening Every Day", recorded in late
1944, featured Tharpe's vocals and electric guitar, with Sammy
Price (piano), bass and drums. It was the first gospel record to
cross over, hitting no. 2 on the Billboard "race records"
chart, the term then used for what later became the R & B
chart, in April 1945. The recording has been cited as a precursor
of rock and roll, and alternatively has been called the first rock
and roll record. In May 2018, Tharpe was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of a stroke, aged 58. She was
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1917: #BOTD: #HBD! Vera Lynn,
English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and
performances were very popular during the Second World War (d.
June 18, 2020) is #born Vera Margaret Lynn Welch in East Ham,
Essex, now part of the London Borough of Newham, England. Dame
Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ is honorifically known as the
"Forces' Sweetheart", having given outdoor concerts for
the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the
Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most
associated with her include "We'll Meet Again",
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover",
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll
Always Be an England". She remained popular after the war,
appearing on radio and television in the United Kingdom and the
United States, and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n,
Sweetheart" and her UK number-one single "My Son, My
Son". Her last single, "I Love This Land", was
released to mark the end of the Falklands War. In 2009, at the age
of 92, she became the oldest living artist to top the UK Albums
Chart with the compilation album We'll Meet Again: The Very Best
of Vera Lynn. In 2014, she released the collection Vera Lynn:
National Treasure and in 2017, she released Vera Lynn 100, a
compilation album of hits to commemorate her centenary-it was a
No. 3 hit, making her the first centenarian performer to have a
Top 10 album in the charts. By the time of her death in 2020 she
had been active in the music industry for 96 years. Lynn devoted
much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen,
disabled children and breast cancer. She was held in great
affection by Second World War veterans and in 2000 was named the
Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the 20th century. Vera
Lynn died at her home in Ditchling, East Sussex, England at the
age of 103. Her memorialization after her death was one of the
most significant public observances in modern British history.
Tributes to Lynn were led by the Royal Family, with Queen
Elizabeth II sending private condolences to Lynn's family and
Clarence House issuing tributes from Prince Charles and the
Duchess of Cornwall. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and Leader
of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, also led with tributes in
Parliament, while musicians like Sir Paul McCartney and Katherine
Jenkins and public figures like Captain Tom Moore discussed her
profound impact. On the day of her death, regular programming on
the BBC was stopped in order to air tributes to the singer. The
Band of the Coldstream Guards convened the same day to play her
song "We'll Meet Again". After Lynn's death, Jenkins
began campaigning to erect a statue of her by the White Cliffs of
Dover, a location referenced in another of her famous songs. Lynn
was given a military funeral, which was held on July 10, 2020 in
East Sussex. The procession made its way from her home in
Ditchling to the Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton; it was widely
attended by the public. Ditchling was decorated with poppies, a
symbol of military remembrance. Ahead of the funeral, the White
Cliffs of Dover had images of Lynn projected onto them, as "We'll
Meet Again" was being played across the English Channel. Her
cortege was accompanied by members of the Royal Air Force, the
British Army, the Royal Navy, and the Royal British Legion, as
well as the Battle Of Britain Spitfire flypast, which followed the
cortege and passed over Ditchling three times (10 July 2020 was
the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle Of Britain). Her
coffin was draped in a Union Flag with a wreath. At the family
service at the Woodvale Crematorium chapel, she was serenaded by a
Royal Marine bugler. Vera Lynn is buried at St. Margaret's
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March 20, 1919: #BOTD: Gerhard Barkhorn,
German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during
World War II, the second most successful fighter ace of all time
(d. January 11, 1983) is #born in the Weimar Republic in
Konigsberg, Free State of Prussia; today it is Kaliningrad in
Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and
Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn was
the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow
pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only
fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. Following World
War II, he became a high-ranking officer in the German Air Force
of the Federal Republic of Germany. Barkhorn joined the Luftwaffe
in 1937 and completed his training in 1939. Barkhorn flew his
first combat missions during the "Phoney War" and then
the Battle Of Britain without shooting down any aircraft. Flying
with Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52-52nd Fighter Wing), he claimed his
first victory in July 1941 and his total rose steadily against
Soviet Air Forces. In March 1942, Barkhorn was appointed squadron
leader of 4. Staffel (4th squadron) of JG 52 and was awarded the
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in August 1942. He was given
command of II Gruppe (2nd group) of JG 52 in September 1943.
Barkhorn was awarded the second highest decoration in the
Wehrmacht when he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
with Oak Leaves and Swords for 250 aerial victories. Barkhorn flew
1,104 combat sorties and was credited with 301 victories on the
Eastern Front piloting the Messerschmitt Bf 109. In January 1945,
he left JG 52 on the Eastern Front and joined Jagdgeschwader 6 (JG
6-6th Fighter Wing) as Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander),
defending Germany from Western Allied air attack. In April 1945,
he joined Galland's Jagdverband 44 (JV 44-44th Fighter Detachment)
and surrendered to the Western Allies in May 1945 and was released
later that year. On January 11, 1983, Gerhard Barkhorn died of
internal injuries sustained in a car accident that occured two
days earlier. On January 6, 1983, Barkhorn was driving his wife
Christl and their friend Reichsfreiherr Walter von Loe on a wintry
highway close to the interchange Frechen, near Cologne, when they
were involved in a serious car accident which was not Barkhorn's
fault. Christl was thrown from the vehicle and killed instantly,
while Barkhorn and von Loe were taken to a nearby hospital.
Although Barkhorn had sustained severe internal injuries, he was
still conscious when he arrived at the hospital. He asked the
doctor about his wife, and learned that she had not survived the
accident. Shortly afterwards, he fell into a coma. Von Loe died
two days later. Barkhorn died on January 11 without regaining
consciousness. On January 14, Barkhorn and his wife were buried in
Tegernsee. He was given a military funeral, with many senior
officers of the Bundesluftwaffe in attendance. Oberst Gert
Overhoff, the Geschwaderkommodore of JaBoG 31 "Boelcke",
carried his military decorations pillow. Generalleutnant Obleser,
the Inspector of the Air Force, and Steinhoff gave a eulogy. On
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March 20, 1922: Naval History: The
History Of The United States Navy: The New United States Navy (The
New Navy, The United States Navy 1885-Present): United States Navy
Commissions: -- The USS Langley is commissioned as the first
United States Navy aircraft carrier. The USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3)
was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1920 from the collier USS
Jupiter (AC-3), and it was also the US Navy's first
turbo-electric-powered ship. Conversion of another collier was
planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the
cancellation of the partially built Lexington-class battlecruisers
Lexington and Saratoga, freeing up their hulls for conversion to
the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga. Langley was named
after Samuel Pierpont Langley, an American aviation pioneer.
Following another conversion, to a seaplane tender, Langley fought
in World War II. On February 27, 1942, she was attacked by nine
twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd Naval
Air Flotillas and so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled by
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1920: #BOTD: #HBD! Pamela
Harriman, widely described in a complimentary fashion as the
greatest courtesan of the twentieth century, also known as Pamela
Beryl Harriman and Pamela Churchill Harriman, English-born
American political activist for the Democratic Party, diplomat,
socialite and beauty (d. February 5, 1997) is #born Pamela Digby
in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Edward Digby,
11th Baron Digby, and his wife, Constance Pamela Alice, the
daughter of Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare. She was
educated by governesses in the ancestral home at Minterne Magna in
Dorset, along with her three younger siblings, and later attended
Downham School. Her great-great aunt was the nineteenth-century
adventurer and courtesan Jane Digby (1807-1881), notorious for her
exotic travels and scandalous personal life' Pamela was to follow
in her aunt's footsteps. Raised amid acres of Dorset farmland and
woods, from an early age Pamela was a very good horsewoman. She
competed at shows at the International Olympia, Royal Bath and
West Show, and local shows at Dorchester and Melplash. She
show-jumped a tiny pony called Stardust that did a clear round at
Olympia when every fence was above the animal's withers. At the
age of seventeen, she was sent to a Munich boarding school for six
months. While there she was introduced to Adolf Hitler by Unity
Mitford. She subsequently went to Paris, taking some classes at
the Sorbonne. Although in her Who's Who biography she identified
these classes as "post-graduate" work, she actually
never completed a college degree.[3] By 1937, she had returned to
Britain. She was a descendant of the Earls of Leicester and
Ilchester and the Dukes of Atholl. She was a first cousin of
Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk. She was also a third
cousin, once removed, of Angus Ogilvy, husband of Queen
Elizabeth's cousin, Alexandra of Kent. She was also a fourth
cousin, once removed, of Sarah, Duchess of York. She married three
times: her first husband was Randolph Churchill, the son of prime
minister Winston Churchill; her third husband was W. Averell
Harriman, an American diplomat who also served as Governor of New
York. Her only child, Winston Churchill, was named after his
famous grandfather. She served as US ambassador to France from
1993 until her death in 1997. Pamela Harriman died at the American
Hospital, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris,
France after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while swimming at the
Paris Ritz hotel one day earlier, aged 76. The morning after her
death, President Jacques Chirac of France awarded her the Grand
Cross of the Legion d'honneur, the first female foreign diplomat
to receive this honor, and personally placed it on her flag-draped
coffin. United States President Bill Clinton, in further
recognition of her contributions and significance, dispatched Air
Force One to return her body to the US and spoke at her funeral at
the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., mentioning
her public service in glowing terms. Harriman was buried February
14, 1997, at Arden, the historic former Harriman estate outside
Harriman, New York that was owned by railroad magnate Edward Henry
Harriman and his wife, Mary Averell Harriman; since 2011, it has
been owned by the nonprofit Research Center on Natural
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March 20, 1922: #BOTD: #HBD! Carl Reiner,
American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, author
and comedy genius whose career spanned seven decades (d. June 29,
2020) is #born in the Bronx, New York City to Jewish immigrants
Irving (1886-1966), a watchmaker from Austria, and Bessie Reiner
(1880-1968) (nee Mathias) from Romania. During the early years of
television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he acted on and contributed
sketch material for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, starring
Sid Caesar, writing alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody
Allen. Reiner teamed up with Brooks and together they released
several iconic comedy albums beginning with 2000 Years with Carl
Reiner and Mel Brooks (1960). Reiner was best known as the creator
and producer of, and a writer and actor on The Dick Van Dyke Show
(1961-1965). Reiner formed a comedy duo with Mel Brooks in "The
2000 Year Old Man" and acted in such films as It's a Mad,
Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians
Are Coming (1966), and the Ocean's film series (2001-2007). He
co-wrote and directed some of Steve Martin's first and most
successful films, including The Jerk (1979), and also directed
such comedies as Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and All
of Me (1984). Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials
from 1967 to 2000, and was a guest star on television series from
the 1950s until his death. He also voiced characters in animated
films and television series, including the TV series Father of the
Pride (2004-2005), in which he voiced Sarmoti, and was a reader
for books on tape. He wrote more than two dozen books, mostly in
his later years. He was the recipient of many awards and honors,
including 11 Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain
Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall
of Fame in 1999. He was the father of actor-director Rob Reiner,
author Annie Reiner, and artist Lucas Reiner and the grandfather
of Tracy Reiner. Carl Reiner died at his home in Beverly Hills,
California in the company of his family, aged 98 years. According
to his nephew, George Shapiro, Reiner fell while leaving his TV
room at around 10:00 p.m. Pacific Time and lost consciousness. His
cause of death was officially confirmed to be natural causes. On
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March 20, 1922: #BOTD: #HBD! Ray
Goulding, American soldier, comedian, radio personality,
television personality, actor and screenwriter, one-half of the
comedy duo of Bob and Ray best known for the Matinee With Bob And
Ray radio show of Bob and Ray (d. March 24, 1990) is #born Raymond
Walter Goulding in Lowell, Massachusetts. Upon graduation from
high school at age 17, Ray Goulding was hired as a 15 USD-a-week
announcer on local station WLLH, using the name 'Dennis Howard' to
avoid confusion with his older brother Phil, an announcer in
Boston radio at the time. A year later Ray was hired by Boston
radio station WEEI under his own name. His career was interrupted
in 1942 by World War II. After graduating from US Army Officer
Candidate School (OCS) he was posted to Fort Knox, Kentucky as an
instructor, attaining the rank of captain. While stationed there
he met his wife, then-Lt. Mary Elizabeth Leader, likewise attached
to the base as a dietitian. They married in 1945 and would
eventually have four sons and two daughters. Bob and Ray were an
American comedy duo whose career spanned five decades. Composed of
comedians Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, the duo's format was
typically to satirize the medium in which they were performing,
such as conducting radio or television interviews, with
off-the-wall dialogue presented in a generally deadpan style as
though it were a serious broadcast. Bob and Ray first worked
together at WHDH in Boston in 1946, Elliott as a disc jockey and
Goulding as a newscaster, originally with their own separate
programs, where each would visit with the other while on the air.
Their informal banter was so appealing that WHDH would call on
them, as a team, to fill in when Red Sox baseball broadcasts were
rained out. Elliott and Goulding (not yet known as Bob and Ray)
would improvise comedy routines all afternoon, and joke around
with studio musicians. Elliott and Goulding's brand of humor
caught on, and WHDH gave them their own weekday show. Matinee with
Bob and Ray was originally a 15-minute show, soon expanding to
half an hour. (When explaining why Bob was billed first, Goulding
claimed that it was because Matinee with Bob and Ray sounded
better than Matinob with Ray and Bob.) Their trademark sign-off
was "This is Ray Goulding reminding you to write if you get
work"; "Bob Elliott reminding you to hang by your
thumbs." Matinee with Bob and Ray was broadcast Monday
through Saturday on WHDH. The weekday half-hours were broadcast
live; the Saturday shows were usually 25 minutes long and were
sometimes recorded in advance. Staff musicians Ken Wilson (organ)
and Bill Green (piano) opened each show with a sprightly rendition
of "Collegiate". Matinee with Bob and Ray became a
favorite with listeners in New England, which brought Elliott and
Goulding to the attention of NBC in New York. They continued on
the air for over four decades on the NBC, CBS, and Mutual
networks, and on New York City stations WINS, WOR, and WHN. From
1973 to 1976, they were the afternoon drive hosts on WOR, doing a
four-hour show. In their last incarnation, they were heard on
National Public Radio, ending in 1987. They were regulars on NBC's
Monitor, often on stand-by to go on the air at short notice if the
program's planned segments developed problems, and they were also
heard in a surprising variety of formats and timeslots, from a
15-minute series in midafternoon to their hour-long show aired
weeknights just before midnight in 1954-55. During that same
period, they did an audience-participation game show, Pick and
Play with Bob and Ray, which was short-lived. It came at a time
when network pages filled seats for radio-TV shows by giving
tickets to anyone in the street, and on Pick and Play the two
comics were occasionally booed by audience members unfamiliar with
the Bob and Ray comedy style. Some of their radio episodes were
released on recordings, and others were adapted into graphic story
form for publication in MAD magazine. Their earlier shows were
mostly ad-libbed, but later programs relied more heavily on
scripts. While Bob and Ray wrote much of their material, their
writers included Tom Koch, who scripted many of their best-known
routines, and the pioneering radio humorist Raymond Knight; Bob
Elliott later married Knight's widow. David Letterman said of the
duo prior to one interview "The funniest people in this
country, these guys are also two of the keenest observers of the
American scene and the finest interviewers in the business."
Ray Goulding died of kidney failure at his home in Manhasset on
New York's Long Island, four days after his 68th birthday. He is
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March 20, 1923: Grand Openings: Art
Exhibition Openings: -- The Arts Club Of Chicago hosts the opening
of "Original Drawings By Pablo Picasso", Pablo Picasso's
first United States solo exhibition, at its installation at the
Art Institute Of Chicago, becoming thereby an early proponent of
modern art in the United States. The exhibition ran from March 20
to April 22, 1923. Picasso's work had first been shown the US as
part of a group show in New York curated by Edward Steichen in
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March 20, 1925: #BOTD: John Ehrlichman,
American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel, counsel
and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under
President Richard Nixon (d. February 14, 1999) is #born John
Daniel Ehrlichman in Tacoma, Washington, the son of Lillian
Catherine (nee Danielson) and Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman into a
family that practiced Christian Science after his conversion from
Judaism. During World War II, Ehrlichman received the
Distinguished Flying Cross as a lead B-24 navigator in the Eighth
Air Force. John Daniel Ehrlichman was counsel and Assistant to the
President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon.
Ehrlichman was an important influence on Nixon's domestic policy,
coaching him on issues and enlisting his support for environmental
initiatives. He was a key figure in events leading to the
Watergate break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he
was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury.
In his later years he wrote political novels under his own name
and science fiction novels under pseudonyms. John Ehrlichman died
In 2016, a quote from Ehrlichman was the lead-in for the April
2016 anti-drug war article "Legalize It All: How To Win The
War On Drugs" in Harper's Magazine by journalist Dan Baum:
"You want to know what this was really all about?" he
asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a
stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect. "The
Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had
two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand
what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either
against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate
the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then
criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We
could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their
meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news.
Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."
Baum states that Ehrlichman offered this quote in a 1994 interview
for Baum's 1996 book "Smoke And Mirrors: The War On Drugs And
The Politics Of Failure", but that he did not include it in
that book or otherwise publish it for 22 years "because it
did not fit the narrative style" of the book. John Ehrlichman
died aged 73 in Atlanta, Georgia of complications from diabetes
after discontinuing dialysis treatments. His remains were
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March 20, 1931: #BOTD: #HBD! Cyril Wecht,
American forensic pathologist is #born Cyril Harrison Wecht to
Jewish immigrant parents in a tiny mining village in Dunkard
Township, Pennsylvania, called Bobtown; his father, Nathan Wecht,
was a Lithuanian-born storekeeper; his Ukrainian-born mother,
Fannie Rubenstein, was a homemaker and helped out in the store.
Cyril Wecht has been the president of both the American Academy of
Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, and
headed the board of trustees of the American Board of Legal
Medicine. He served as County Commissioner and Allegheny County
Coroner and Medical Examiner serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan
area. He is perhaps best known for his criticism of the Warren
Commission's findings concerning the assassination of John F.
Kennedy and for the commissions Single Bullet Theory. In 1965
Wecht presented a paper critiquing the Warren Commission to the
meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. In 1972
Wecht was the first civilian ever given permission to examine the
Kennedy assassination evidence. It was Wecht who first discovered
that Kennedy's brain, and all related data in the killing, had
gone missing. In 1978, he testified before the House Select
Committee on Assassinations as the lone dissenter on a nine-member
forensic pathology panel re-examining the assassination of John F.
Kennedy, which had concurred with the Warren Commission
conclusions and single bullet theory. Out of the four official
examinations into the Kennedy Assassination, Wecht is the only
forensic pathologist who has disagreed with the conclusion that
both the single bullet theory and Kennedy's head wounds are
mutually consistent. He was a consultant to Oliver Stone for the
film JFK. Cyril Wecht died at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
at the age of 93. He is buried at Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
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March 20, 1931: #BOTD: #HBD! Hal Linden,
American stage and screen actor, television director and musician,
is #born Harold Lipshitz into a Jewish family in the Bronx, New
York City. Linden began his career as a big band musician and
singer in the 1950s. After a stint in the United States Army, he
began an acting career, first working in summer stock and
off-Broadway productions. Linden found success on Broadway when he
replaced Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing. In 1962,
he starred as Billy Crocker in the off-Broadway revival of the
Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. In 1971, he won a Best Actor
Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayer Rothschild in the musical
The Rothschilds. In 1974, Linden landed his best-known role as the
title character in the television comedy series Barney Miller. The
role earned him seven Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe
Award nominations. During the series' run, Linden also hosted two
educational series, Animals, Animals, Animals and FYI. He won two
special Daytime Emmy Awards for the latter series. Linden won a
third Daytime Emmy Award for a guest-starring role on CBS
Schoolbreak Special in 1995. Linden has since continued his career
on the stage, in films and guest-starring roles on television. He
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1933: #DOTD: Giuseppe Zangara,
would-be assassin of President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt who
fatally shot Anton Cermak in the attempt instead (b. September 7,
1900) #dies by execution in Florida's electric chair for his
crime. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate US
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, but
instead shot Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who died of his wounds
on March 6, 1933. Zangara confessed in the Dade County Courthouse
jail, stating: "I have the gun in my hand. I kill kings and
presidents first and next all capitalists." After spending
only 10 days on death row, Zangara was executed on March 20, 1933
in Old Sparky, the electric chair at Florida State Prison in
Raiford. Zangara became enraged when he learned no newsreel
cameras would be filming his final moments. Zangara's final
statement was "Viva l'Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples
everywhere!... Push the button! Go ahead, push the button!".
While most accounts for years repeated that Cermak was the
unintended victim of an attempt to assassinate Roosevelt, more
recent theories, especially in Chicago, assert that Zangara was a
hired killer working for Frank Nitti, who was the head of the
Chicago Outfit (Chicago's largest organized crime syndicate). John
William Tuohy, author of numerous books on organized crime in
Chicago, after reviewing Secret Service records, described in
detail how and why Cermak was the real target and the relationship
of the shooting to the rampant gang violence in Chicago. Numerous
researchers, citing court testimony, assert that Cermak had
directed an assassination attempt on Nitti fewer than three months
earlier. Another point is that Zangara had been an expert marksman
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March 20, 1936: #BOTD: #HBD! Vaughn
Meader, American comedian, impersonator, musician, and film actor
(d. October 29, 2004) is #born Abbott Vaughn Meader in Waterville,
Maine during one of the worst floods ever to hit New England: he
often said he was born on "the night the West Bridge washed
out". Vaughn Meader began his career as a musician but later
found fame in the early 1960s after the release of the 1962 comedy
record The First Family, honored as the "largest and fastest
selling record in the history of the record industry" up till
that point, selling more than a million copies per week for the
first six and one-half weeks in distribution, and by January 1963
had sold more than 7 million copies. The album spoofed President
John F. Kennedy, who was played by Meader, and went on to win the
Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1963. At the peak of his
popularity, he performed his Kennedy impersonation on variety
shows and in nightclubs around the country and was profiled in
several magazines. Meader's career success came to an abrupt end
after President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963. The
First Family was quickly pulled from stores and Meader's bookings
were cancelled. He attempted to take his career in a different
direction by performing non-Kennedy related comedy and released a
new comedy album, Have Some Nuts!!!, in early 1964. However, sales
for the album were low as public interest in Meader had waned. His
career never rebounded as he was too closely associated with
President Kennedy. Meader eventually returned to his native Maine
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1942: World War II: The Pacific
War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II):
The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The Philippines
Campaign (1941-1942) (The Battle Of The Philippines, The Fall Of
The Philippines): Douglas MacArthur's Escape From The Philippines:
"I Shall Return": -- 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". On February 22, 1942, when
Japanese victory in the Battle of Corregidor appears inevitable,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent an order to General Douglas
MacArthur to get out out of the Philippines. MacArthur responded
with a request that he might select the time of his departure.
"Unless the right moment is chosen for this delicate
operation", he wrote, "a sudden collapse might occur."
"With regard to the actual movement", he went on, "I
deem it advisable to go to Mindanao by combined use of surface
craft and submarine, and thence by air, further movement by
submarine being too time consuming." Marshall replied that
the President would allow him to choose the time and method of his
departure. MacArthur left on March 11th. It was whilst
transferring trains in Terowie on March 20, 1942 that MacArthur
made his famous speech regarding the Battle of the Philippines in
which he said: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
He subsequently repeated the line "I shall return" in a
number of other speeches, in a number of other places. The event
is commemorated by a plaque on the now disused railway platform.
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1948: First African Americans:
-- James Baskett, African American actor and singer, becomes the
first Black male performer to receive an Oscar, and the last adult
actor to receive an Honorary Oscar for a single performance, for
his portrayal of Uncle Remus in the 1946 Disney feature film Song
Of The South in which he became famous for singing
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah". James Baskett (February 16, 1904 -
July 9, 1948) was born James Franklin Baskett in Indianapolis,
Indiana. He began his performing career in New York City where he
joined up with Bill 'Mr. Bojangles' Robinson. Using the name
Jimmie Baskette, he appeared with Louis Armstrong on Broadway in
the 1929 black musical revue Hot Chocolates and in several
all-black New York films, including Harlem is Heaven (1932). He
later moved to Los Angeles, California, and had a supporting role
in the film Straight to Heaven (1939), starring Nina Mae McKinney.
In 1941 he voiced Fats Crow in the animated Disney film Dumbo, and
he also had bit parts in several B movies, including that of
Lazarus in Revenge of the Zombies (1943), a porter in The Heavenly
Body (1944), and native tribal leader Orbon in Jungle Queen
(1945). From 1944 until 1948, he was part of the cast of the Amos
'n' Andy Show live radio program as lawyer Gabby Gibson. In 1945,
he auditioned for a bit part voicing one of the animals in the new
Disney feature film Song of the South (1946), based on the Uncle
Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Walt Disney was impressed
with Baskett's talent and hired him on the spot for the lead role
of Uncle Remus. Baskett was also given the voice role of Brer Fox,
one of the film's animated antagonists, and also filled in as the
main animated protagonist, Brer Rabbit, in one sequence. This was
one of the first Hollywood portrayals of a black actor as a
non-comic character in a leading role in a film meant for general
audiences. Baskett was prohibited from attending the film's
premiere in Atlanta, Georgia, because Atlanta was racially
segregated by law. Although Baskett was occasionally criticized
for accepting such a "demeaning" role (most of his
acting credits were that of African American stereotypes), his
acting was almost universally praised, and columnist Hedda Hopper,
along with Walt Disney, was one of the many journalists and
personalities who declared that he should receive an Academy Award
for his work. Baskett had been in poor health during the filming
of Song of the South due to diabetes and he suffered a heart
attack in December 1946 shortly after the film's release. His
health continued to decline, and he was often unable to attend the
Amos 'n' Andy radio show he was on, missing almost half of the
1947-1948 season. On July 9, 1948, during the show's summer
hiatus, James Baskett died at his home of heart failure resulting
from diabetes at age 44. He was survived by his wife Margaret and
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 1950: #BOTD: #HBD! Carl Palmer,
English drummer, founding member of the supergroups Emerson, Lake
& Palmer (ELP) and Asia, a touring drummer for The Crazy World
of Arthur Brown and a founding member of Atomic Rooster, is #born
Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer in Handsworth, Birmingham, England.
He has toured with his own bands since 2001, including Palmer, the
Carl Palmer Band, and currently, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy. Palmer
was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1989, and was
awarded the Prog God Award at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards.
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Today, March 20, 2026
March 20, 2025: The March Equinox (The
Northward Equinox): -- The moment when the Sun appears to cross
the celestial equator, heading northward occurs. In the northern
hemisphere, the March equinox is called the Vernal or Spring
Equinox; in the southern hemisphere, the reverse is true. The
March Equinox may be taken to mark the end of winter and the
beginning of spring (vernal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere,
while marking the end of summer and the start of fall (autumnal
equinox) in the Southern Hemisphere. At the equinox, the Sun as
viewed from the Equator rises due east and sets due west. Before
the Northward equinox, the Sun rises and sets more southerly, and
afterwards, it rises and sets more northerly. Due to differences
between the calendar year and the tropical year, the September
equinox can occur at any time from March 19 to 21. The word is
equinox is derived from the Latin aequinoctium, from aequus
(equal) and nox (genitive noctis) (night). On the day of an
equinox, daytime and nighttime are of approximately equal duration
all over the planet. Long before conceiving this equality,
primitive equatorial cultures noted the day when the Sun rises due
East and sets due West, observing it with religious rites and
festivals, and utilizing, arranging or constructing stone
structures to mark its position and path on that date.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20: Astrology Day: -- A day
observed by astrologers and people that are enthusiastic about
astrology on the same date as the March Equinox. Astrology is a
pseudoscience that purports to be able to deduce information about
terrestrial events concerning human affairs by observing the
relative positions and movement of celestial objects. Astrologers
regard the holiday as the start of the astrological year. It is
the first full day of the astrological sign of Aries, signaling
the start of the tropical zodiac. In its broadest sense, astrology
is the search for meaning in the sky. Markings on bones and cave
walls suggest that lunar cycles were being documented as early as
25,000 years ago, indicating that humans made conscious attempts
to measure, record, and forecast seasonal changes by reference to
astronomical cycles. Astrology became more popular in the 20th
century because of the release of the newspaper horoscope which
was a common mass media product. The first World Astrology Day was
observed in 1993 by the members of the Association for
Astrological Networking (AFAN). Astrology was used to predict the
changes in season, it was also used to monitor the celestial
bodies, Sun, Moon, stars, and other planets. Traditional studies
made use of this astrology learning and it was commonly accepted
by cultural and political cycles. There is a belief that astrology
started as soon as man started attempting to record, measure, and
predict seasonal changes. Astrologers are known to read horoscopes
and even though it has no scientific backing, a lot of people
believe in them. Over 70 million Americans go to astrologers to
read their horoscopes and predict their futures. Different people
are going to astrologers to help them interpret the stars for
advice. Understanding the locations of the stars is the foundation
of astrology, which appears to be a scientific enough subject in
itself.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20 - April 19 (2025): Solar
Zodiacal Transits: -- Aries (Latin, "Ram"), the first
astrological sign in the Zodiac, is entered on the date of the
March Equinox by the Earth's Sun, which will transit the sign
until April 19, according to the tropical zodiacal system. The
ruler of the sign of Aries is Mars, the Sun is in its exaltation,
Venus is in its detriment and Saturn is in its fall. Aries is one
of the triplicity of astrological signs of the element of fire,
and as such a positive sign, it is an active, yang, masculine sign
as one of the six odd-numbered signs of the zodiac - Aries,
Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius - all signs which
constitute the fire and air triplicities. Aries is a one of the
four cardinal astrological signs, signs assigned to the beginning
of one of the four seasons, and as such, Aries marks the beginning
of spring in the northern hemisphere, and the beginning of fall in
the southern hemisphere. Cardinal signs - Aries, Cancer, Libra,
and Capricorn - are associated with leadership, originality,
determination, conviction, self-directed behavior and
competitiveness. These signs initiate change in manifold ways
while maintaining constancy with their prime motivation. On the
other hand, due to their dualistic behavior, they can often be
over-bearing, self-important, inflexible and come off as
dictatorial. Aries spans 0 dg to 30 dg of celestial longitude.
Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this area between
March 20 and April. In sidereal astrology, the Sun currently
transits the constellation of Aries from approximately April 15 to
May 14. In Greek Mythology, the symbol of the ram is based on the
Chrysomallus, the golden-wooled flying ram who provided the Golden
Fleece, symbol of authority and kingship, who resided in Colchis
on the Black Sea in what is now modern Georgia (country). A
profound myth regarding Chrysomallus and his Golden Fleece are
involved in the tale of the hero Jason and his crew of Argonauts,
who set out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias, in
order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in
Thessaly. Through the help of Medea, they acquire the Golden
Fleece. The story is of great antiquity and was current in the
time of Homer (eighth century BC). It survives in various forms,
among which the details vary.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20: National Kiss Your Fiance Day:
-- One of the numerous opportunities to enjoy love and romance
with our better half, kisses are one way of expressing your love
for your fiance with whom you plan to spend the rest of your life,
and research has found that it increases intimacy in
relationships. A kiss has different meanings and serves different
occasions. Since antiquity, a soft well-placed kiss on the cheek
or hand signifies a form of greeting between two people, a kiss on
the forehead speaks of reassurance and trust, and chief among them
is one shared by people who are absolutely in love with each
other. Sharing a kiss with your better half increases the bond of
love and romance between you, deepens intimacy, and is
therapeutic. The origin of National Kiss Your Fiance Day is
sketchy at best, but the history of kissing can be traced back
3,500 years to ancient India. A set of historians believed that
kissing began from mouth-to-mouth feeding mothers did for their
children back in the days when mothers chewed harder food
materials and fed them directly to their children, but the second
school of thought backed by historical Indian writings found that
kissing evolved as a result of the Indian way of greeting which
involved rubbing noses together. In some of such cases, their
noses slipped and their mouths met, making them discover the
pleasurable existence of kissing. The conquering armies of
Alexander the Great subsequently spread the kissing culture from
India to other societies. National Kiss Your Finance day evolved
as a day to remind those engaged and planning to get married to
take time and indulge themselves in the romantic pleasure of
kissing. Planning life ahead and marriage can be hectic sometimes
and one can forget to be intimate on a deeper level, so this day
comes in handy to remind us of the power of intimacy in a
relationship through kissing.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20: World Frog Day: -- An annual
celebration celebrated on March 20. Unlike other animals, not all
of us love frogs for their looks, appearance, and most
importantly, their croak. Most often they are tiny creatures,
small in body, and will make us scrunch up our faces. Frogs are
amphibians that can be found both on land and in water. They are
considered to be predators and play an important role in
preserving the environment throughout their lives. In recent
years, however, frogs have been critically endangered for several
reasons. World Frog Day is an awareness day celebrated to save
these living beings and provide them with a safer environment to
survive. World Frog Day has been celebrated since 2014. There is
no precise mention of the person or organization that started this
awareness day; it was created to save the different frog species
from extinction. Frogs are tailless amphibians with origins dating
back nearly 256 million years. They were valued as food by the
people and also have many cultural roles including literature,
symbolism, and religion. Approximately 6,000 known frog species
have been found, of which 4,800 recorded frog species have been
found around the world except for Antarctica. But around 170
species of frogs have become extinct in the past decade. The
reason for their population decline is different, as they are
disappearing due to both human activity and fungal infections.
Frog populations have declined significantly since the 1950s and
around a third of the world's species are critically endangered,
while more than 120 species are believed to have been extinct
since the 1980s. The extinction of certain frogs has been traced
back to emerging fungal diseases, habitat destruction and
alteration, pollution, climate change, pesticide use, and more.
All of this led to an increase in malformations in frogs in
particular. Many conservation biologists around the world are
actively working to find and understand the causes of these
problems and ways to solve them. Frogs are tailless amphibians of
the order. Anura. They are widespread from the tropics to the
subarctic regions, but the highest concentration of biodiversity
is found in tropical rainforests. The oldest fossil of the
"Protofrog" appeared in the early Triassic of
Madagascar. However, the dating of the molecular clock suggests
that the origin of the frog could stretch further back into the
Permian, approximately 265 million years ago.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20: World Sparrow Day: -- A day of
annual observance to raise awareness of the protection of
sparrows. World Sparrow Day is an initiative started by the Nature
Forever Society of India (founded by Mohammed Dilawar) along with
the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France and many other
organizations around the world. Though the holiday carries the
name Sparrow, it was mainly created for awareness of Sparrows but
also includes the beauty and biodiversity of other common birds
that may share the same space as us. Mohammed Dilawar, a dedicated
conservationist, started the campaign to provide special care for
house Sparrows in Nashik. The idea to make the campaign official
was born during an informal discussion at the office of the Nature
Forever Society. Thereafter, the first World Sparrow Day was
observed in 2010 all around the world. It created a platform for
bird conservationists to network and exchange ideas to improve
conservation. It aims to provide a point of contact for people
around the world to come together and create awareness of the
necessity for the protection of common biodiversity or species of
lower conservation. Sparrows or house sparrows have been known to
live in green patches and backyards chirping away in urban areas
though, during the harsh summers, they require cool shades and
water. They've always been quite common in residential areas but
are currently on the verge of extinction due to noise pollution,
lack of nesting sites in modern buildings, pesticide usage, and
non-availability of food as reported by ornithologists. The
awareness created led to the house sparrow becoming the state bird
of Delhi in 2012. As the years go by, more people are joining the
campaign to conserve these birds as a way of giving back to
nature. Some have gone as far as creating bird nests for sparrows
and other common, birds in the community.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20: Bibliomania Day: --
Commemorates the anniversary of the great grand heist of 23,600
books executed by Stephen Blumberg. Many people confuse
bibliophilia - the love of books, with bibliomania, the compulsive
disorder of hoarding books. This obsession with collecting books
can even go on to damage a person's social relations or health.
Let's learn more about bibliomania, its symptoms, facts, and how
to know if you are a bibliomaniac. The story behind Bibliomania
Day started in the 1950s, then later made popular by Stephen
Blumberg, also known as the 'Book Bandit,' from Iowa who hoarded
thousands of books. He amassed over 23,600 books from 327
libraries and museums across 45 states, two provinces in Canada,
and the District of Columbia. The combined worth of the books was
estimated to be $5,3 million. On March 20, 1990, Blumberg was
caught when his friend turned him over to the F.B.I. The term
stems from two Greek words 'biblio-' meaning 'book' and 'mania'
meaning madness.' In essence 'bibliomania' translates to book
madness. The term was initially used in 1734 by book collector
Thomas Hearne. He wrote in his diary, "I should have been
tempted to have laid out a pretty deal of money without thinking
myself at all touched with bibliomania." But, it was in 1809
when the term became widely known to people as Thomas Dibdin
published a book titled "BIBLIOMANIA or Book of Madness."
He mentioned in his book that bibliomania is a medical condition
called "the book disease." Symptoms of bibliomania
include habits of acquiring large quantities of books, an
excessive possessiveness over the collection, and also feeling
distressed. There are no reasons why a person might become a
bibliomaniac. In most cases, bibliomaniacs often become addicted
to book collecting when they are very young. They do this as a way
of coping with a difficult hardship. So, keep a check on your love
for books!
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20: Francophonie Day: -- Observed
by the International Organization Of La Francophonie to celebrate
the French language and Francophone culture. It is celebrated in
commemoration of the 1970 Niamey Convention, where French-speaking
states signed to align their mutual interest. On this day, the 220
million francophones, across five different continents, celebrate
their language and celebrate the diversity and love for the French
language. The Francophonie day celebrations take form in the
presentation of plays, poetry reading, and art exhibitions, among
others. The beauty of language is that as we learn it, we too are
part of its evolution because language can change and adapt. The
learning of language is neatly intertwined with its evolution. The
French are proud of International Francophonie Day, proud to
celebrate their language, and what it has become, and proud of
those who can speak it. If you are part of the French-speaking
region or you aspire to learn this beautiful and significant
language, then this day is for you. The International Day of
Francophonie is a day to celebrate the French language and
Canada's rich French heritage and culture. Created in 1988, the
day celebrates the signing of the Niamey Convention in Niger on
March 20, 1970. This convention was the rise of Agence de
Cooperation Culturelle et Technique (A.C.C.T.) in Niamey, which is
now known as the International Organization of La Francophonie.
The term 'Francophonie' meaning 'French-speaking,' was first used
at the end of the 19th century. A French geographer, Onesime
Reclus used the term to refer to all French-speaking people and
countries. Recently, there was a change, the meaning has been
differentiated. Francophonie spelled with a capital F refers to
French-speaking countries and Francophonie with a lowercase f for
that of French-speaking people. The concept of it is so
interesting, each country has its own unique play or development
of the Francophone. For example, the Quebec region of Canada is a
completely different Francophone environment and you would not
find anyone around here who speaks English. The Metropolitan
French, having evolved directly from its European roots, does not
have the same pronunciation as the Canadian French. The Canadian
French has been influenced a lot over time by factors such as that
of the British and the nearby U.S. Like British and American
English, there are different intonations and different words in
the Metropolitan and Canadian French yet the same grammar rules in
its written form. The U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), established the U.N. French Language Day to
join in raising awareness about the value of French and other
languages like it and also in furthering the U.N's work. Today,
this important occasion celebrates the significance of French in
helping diverse people come together toward global peace,
understanding, and respect between cultures and the organization
continues to push toward the unique value of the linguistic and
humanist French language across the globe.
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1616: The English Monarchy (The
Monarchy Of The Kingdom Of England): English Political
Conspiracies: The Main Plot: -- Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from
the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment for his alleged
involvement in the Main Plot, an alleged conspiracy of July 1603,
supposedly led by Lord Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham and funded
by the Spanish government, to remove King James I from the English
throne and to replace him with his cousin Lady Arbella Stuart.
Raleigh had been arrested on July 19, 1603 at what is now the Old
Exeter Inn in Ashburton, charged with treason, and his trial began
on November 17 in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle.
Raleigh conducted his own defence. The chief evidence against him
was the signed and sworn confession of his friend Lord Brooke.
Raleigh repeatedly requested that Cobham be called to testify, but
the tribunal refused to allow Cobham either to testify or be
cross-examined; despite this refusal, Raleigh's trial has been
regularly cited as influential in establishing a common law right
to confront accusers in court. Raleigh was convicted, but King
James spared his life. While imprisoned in the Tower, Raleigh
wrote his incomplete The History of the World. Using a wide array
of sources in six languages, Raleigh was fully abreast of the
latest continental scholarship. He wrote not about England, but of
the ancient world with a heavy emphasis on geography. First
published in 1614, it covers the course of human history from
Genesis to the conquest of Macedon by Rome. Raleigh intended to
write more volumes relating the rise and fall of the great
empires, but his release in 1615, his expedition to Guiana, and
his execution in 1618, prevented the accomplishment of his plan.
According to Edmund Gosse, "This huge composition is one of
the principal glories of seventeenth-century literature, and takes
a very prominent place in the history of English prose."
Despite Raleigh's intention of providing current advice to the
King of England, King James I complained that it was "too
sawcie in censuring Princes". Raleigh remained imprisoned in
the Tower until 1616. His son, Carew, was conceived and born (in
1604 or 1605) while Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower. In 1617,
Raleigh was pardoned by the King and granted permission to conduct
an ill-fated second expedition to Venezuela in search of El
Dorado. Sir Walter Raleigh, English statesman, soldier, writer and
explorer, one of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era,
who played a leading part in English colonisation of North
America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England
against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under
Elizabeth I (c. 1552 - October 29, 1618) was born to a landed
gentry family of Protestant faith in East Budleigh, Devon,
England, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He
was the younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a cousin
of Sir Richard Grenville. Little is known of his early life,
though in his late teens he spent some time in France taking part
in the religious civil wars. In his 20s he took part in the
suppression of rebellion in the colonisation of Ireland; he also
participated in the siege of Smerwick. Later, he became a landlord
of property in Ireland and mayor of Youghal in East Munster, where
his house still stands in Myrtle Grove. He rose rapidly in the
favour of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted in 1585. He was
granted a royal patent to explore Virginia, paving the way for
future English settlements. In 1591, he secretly married Elizabeth
Throckmorton, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without the
Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the
Tower of London. After his release, they retired to his estate at
Sherborne, Dorset. Walter Raleigh died of beheading in the Old
Palace Yard at the Palace of Westminster in London, England aged
approximately 65 for allegedly conspiring against James I of
England, but actually to appease England's hitherto enemy, Spain.
After Queen Elizabeth died in 1603, Raleigh was imprisoned (again)
in The Tower Of London, this time for being involved in the Main
Plot against King James I, who was not favourably disposed towards
him. In 1616, he was released to lead a second expedition in
search of El Dorado; in 1594, Raleigh heard of a "City of
Gold" in South America and sailed to find it, publishing an
exaggerated account of his experiences in a book that contributed
to the legend of "El Dorado". During the expedition, a
detachment of Raleigh's men led by his top commander and long-time
friend Lawrence Kemys attacked the Spanish outpost of Santo Tome
de Guayana on the Orinoco river, in violation of peace treaties
with Spain and against Raleigh's orders. A condition of Raleigh's
pardon was avoidance of any hostility against Spanish colonies or
shipping. In the initial attack on the settlement, Raleigh's son,
Walter, was fatally shot. Kemys informed Raleigh of his son's
death and begged for forgiveness, but did not receive it, and at
once committed suicide. On Raleigh's return to England, an
outraged Count Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador, demanded that
Raleigh's death sentence be reinstated by King James, who had
little choice but to do so. Raleigh was brought to London from
Plymouth by Sir Lewis Stukley, where he passed up numerous
opportunities to make an effective escape. "Let us dispatch",
he said to his executioner. "At this hour my ague (fever)
comes upon me. I would not have my enemies think I quaked from
fear." After he was allowed to see the axe that would be used
to behead him, he mused: "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is
a Physician for all diseases and miseries." According to
biographers, Raleigh's last words, spoken to the hesitating
executioner, were: "What dost thou fear? Strike, man,
strike!" Having been one of the people to popularise tobacco
smoking in England, he left a small tobacco pouch, found in his
cell shortly after his execution. Engraved upon the pouch was a
Latin inscription: Comes meus fuit in illo miserrimo tempore ("It
was my companion at that most miserable time"). Raleigh's
head was embalmed and presented to his wife. His body was to be
buried in the local church in Beddington, Surrey, the home of Lady
Raleigh, but was finally laid to rest in St. Margaret's,
Westminster, where his tomb is presently located. "The
Lords", she wrote, "have given me his dead body, though
they have denied me his life. God hold me in my wits." It has
been said that Lady Raleigh kept her husband's head in a velvet
bag until her death. After Raleigh's wife's death 29 years later,
his head was removed to his tomb and interred at St. Margaret's
Church. Although Raleigh's popularity had waned considerably since
his Elizabethan heyday, his execution was seen by many, both at
the time and since, as unnecessary and unjust, as for many years
his involvement in the Main Plot seemed to have been limited to a
meeting with Lord Cobham. One of the judges at his trial later
said: "The justice of England has never been so degraded and
injured as by the condemnation of the honourable Sir Walter
Raleigh."
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: French
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1929: #DOTD: #RIP: Ferdinand
Foch, French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and
Poland, a military theorist and the Supreme Allied Commander
during the First World War (b. October 2, 1851) #dies of a heart
attack in Paris, France, aged 77. He is buried in Les Invalides,
next to Napoleon and other famous French soldiers and officers;
initially he was interred in the crypt of the Saint-Louis Church,
or Caveau des Gouverneurs, but in 1937 his remains were
transferred to a monumental tomb sculpted by Paul Landowski, with
inspiration from the 15th-century tomb of Philippe Pot,at the
center of the Dome Church's northeastern chapel (Chapelle
Saint-Ambroise). He was born Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch in Tarbes,
a municipality in the department of Hautes-Pyrenees, in
southwestern France, into a devout Catholic family. General Foch
was an aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne,
Flanders, and Artois campaigns of 1914-1916, Foch became the
Allied Commander-in-Chief in 1918 and successfully coordinated the
French, British, American, and Italian efforts into a coherent
whole, deftly handling his strategic reserves. At the outbreak of
war in August 1914, Foch' XX Corps participated in the brief
invasion of Germany before retiring in the face of a German
counter-attack and successfully blocking the Germans short of
Nancy. Ordered west to defend Paris, Foch' prestige soared as a
result of the victory at the Marne, for which he was widely
credited as a chief protagonist while commanding the French Ninth
Army. He was then promoted again to Assistant Commander-in-Chief
for the Northern Zone, a role which evolved into command of Army
Group North, and in which role he was required to cooperate with
the British forces at Ypres and the Somme. At the end of 1916,
partly owing to the disappointing results of the latter offensive
and partly owing to wartime political rivalries, Foch was
transferred to Italy. Foch was ultimately appointed
"Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies" on March 26,
1918 following being the Commander-in-Chief of Western Front with
title Generalissime in 1918. He played a decisive role in halting
a renewed German advance on Paris in the Second Battle Of The
Marne, after which he was promoted to Marshal of France. On
November 11, 1918 Foch accepted the German request for an
armistice. Foch advocated peace terms that would make Germany
unable to pose a threat to France ever again. Foch considered the
Treaty Of Versailles too lenient on Germany and as the Treaty was
being signed on June 28, 1919, he declared: "This is not a
peace. It is an armistice for twenty years". His words proved
prophetic: the Second World War started twenty years and 64 days
later.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Vietnam
War Films & Documentaries Collection DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1968: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Indochina Wars:
The Vietnam War (The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict,
The Resistance War Against America): The Tet Offensive: Phase 1 Of
The Tet Offensive: -- With the ongoing successes of Operation
Quyet Thang (Vietnamese: "Resolved To Win") (March 11 -
April 7, 1968), a United States Army and Army of the Republic of
Vietnam (ARVN) security operation to reestablish South Vietnamese
control over the areas immediately around Saigon in the aftermath
of the Tet Offensive which killed 2,658 VC killed and 427
captured, Phase 1 of the Tet Offensive, one of the largest
military campaigns of the Vietnam War, comes to an end. On January
31, 1968, Viet Cong guerrillas and regular North Vietnames PAVN
forces launch a surprise attack at 03:00 against the United States
embassy in Saigon as well as a multitude of other targets
throughout South Vietnam -- in Saigon, Cholon, and Gia Dinh in the
Capital Military District; Quang Tri, Hue, Quang Tin, Tam Ky and
Quang Ngai, as well as U.S. bases at Phu Bai and Chu Lai in I
Corps; Phan Thiet, Tuy Hoa and U.S. installations at Bong Son and
An Khe in II Corps; and Can Tho and Vinh Long in IV Corps --
attacks which would later be collectively referred to as The Tet
Offensive, Officially called by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
"The General Offensive And Uprising Of Tet Mau Than 1968",
the Tet Offensive was launched by forces of the Viet Cong and
North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of
the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United
States Armed Forces, and their allies. It was a campaign of
surprise attacks against military and civilian command and control
centers throughout South Vietnam. The name of the offensive comes
from the Tet holiday, the Vietnamese New Year, when the first
major attacks took place. The offensive was launched prematurely
in the late night hours of January 30 in the I and II Corps
Tactical Zones of South Vietnam. This early attack allowed South
Vietnamese and US forces some time to prepare defensive measures.
When the main North Vietnamese operation began the next morning,
the offensive was countrywide and well coordinated; eventually
more than 80,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops struck more
than 100 towns and cities, including 36 of 44 provincial capitals,
five of the six autonomous cities, 72 of 245 district towns, and
the southern capital. The offensive was the largest military
operation conducted by either side up to that point in the war.
Hanoi had launched the offensive in the belief that the offensive
would trigger a popular uprising leading to the collapse of the
South Vietnamese government. Although the initial attacks stunned
both the U.S. and South Vietnamese armies, causing them to lose
control of several cities temporarily, they quickly regrouped,
beat back the attacks, and inflicted heavy casualties on North
Vietnamese and Vietcong forces. The popular uprising anticipated
by Hanoi never eventuated. During the Battle of Hu?, intense
fighting lasted for a month, resulting in the destruction of the
city. During their occupation, the North Vietnamese executed
thousands of people in the Massacre at Hu?. Around the U.S. combat
base at Khe Sanh, fighting continued for two more months. The
offensive was a military defeat for North Vietnam though General
Westmoreland reported that defeating the North Vietnamese and Viet
Cong would require 200,000 more American soldiers and activation
of the reserves, prompting even loyal supporters of the war to see
that the current war strategy required re-evaluation. The
offensive had a strong effect on the U.S. government and shocked
the U.S. public, which had been led to believe by its political
and military leaders that the North Vietnamese were being defeated
and incapable of launching such an ambitious military operation;
American public support for the war soon declined and the U.S.
sought negotiations to end the war. The term "Tet Offensive"
usually refers to the January-February 1968 offensive, but it can
also include the so-called "Mini-Tet" offensive that
took place in May and the Phase III Offensive in August, or the 21
weeks of unusually intense combat which followed the initial
attacks in January.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Jack Of Diamonds 1949 Nigel Patrick Cyril Raymond DVD, MP4, USB
Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1973: #DOTD: #RIP: Cyril
Raymond, British character actor (b. February 13, 1899) #dies of a
non-communicable disease in the Wealden District of Ripe, East
Sussex, England, aged 74. He is buried at an undisclosed location
in London, England. Cyril William North Raymond MBE was born Cyril
William North Raymond in Bristol, England. He maintained a stage
and screen career from his teens until his retirement, caused by
ill health, in the 1960s. His many stage, film and television
roles include Fred Jesson, the husband of Celia Johnson's Laura
Jesson in Brief Encounter (1945) and Roger Keen in Jack Of
Diamonds (1949), which he co-wrote with his costar Nigel Patrick.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Old
Time Radio Comedy MegaSet MP3 Collection DVD, Download, USB
Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1906: #BOTD: #HBD! Ozzie
Nelson, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter,
musician, composer, conductor and bandleader, star of radio and
television (d. June 3, 1975) is #born Oswald George Nelson in
Jersey City, New Jersey, Ozzie Nelson originated and starred in
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series
with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson. Ozzie
Nelson died of liver cancer aged 69 at his home in the San
Fernando Valley, with his wife and sons at his bedside. Services
were held at the Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn, Hollywood
Hills, California on Friday, June 6. He is interred with his wife
and son Ricky in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los
Angeles, California.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Wounded Knee Massacre The Battle of Wounded Knee DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 2020: #DOTD: #RIP: Kenny
Rogers, American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and
entrepreneur (b. August 21, 1938) #dies at age 81 while under
hospice care at his home in Sandy Springs, Georgia. He is interred
in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Kenny Rogers was born Kenneth Ray
Rogers at St Joseph's Infirmary in Houston, Texas. He was elected
to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly
popular with country audiences but also charted more than 120 hit
singles across various music genres, and topped the country and
pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United
States alone. He sold over 100 million records worldwide during
his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artists of
all time. His fame and career spanned multiple genres: jazz, folk,
pop, rock, and country. He remade his career, and was one of the
most successful cross-over artists of all time. In the late 1950s,
Rogers began his recording career with the Houston-based group the
Scholars, who first released "The Poor Little Doggie".
After some solo releases including 1958's "That Crazy
Feeling", Rogers then joined a group with the jazz singer
Bobby Doyle. In 1966 he became a member of the folk ensemble the
New Christy Minstrels, playing double bass and bass guitar as well
as singing. In 1967, he and several members of the New Christy
Minstrels left to found the group the First Edition, with whom he
scored his first major hit, "Just Dropped In (To See What
Condition My Condition Was In)", a psychedelic rock song
which peaked at number five on the Billboard charts. As Rogers
took an increased leadership role in the First Edition, and
following the success of 1969's "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love
to Town", the band gradually changed styles to a more country
feel. The band broke up in 1975-1976, and Rogers embarked on a
long and successful solo career, which included several successful
collaborations, including duets with singers Dolly Parton and
Sheena Easton, and a songwriting partnership with Lionel Richie.
His signature song, 1978's "The Gambler", was a
cross-over hit that won him a Grammy Award in 1980 and was
selected in 2018 for preservation in the National Recording
Registry by the Library of Congress. He would develop the Gambler
persona into a character for a successful series of television
films starting with 1980's Emmy-nominated Kenny Rogers as The
Gambler. Rogers' albums The Gambler and Kenny were featured in the
About.com poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums
Ever". He was voted the "Favorite Singer of All Time"
in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People. He
received numerous awards such as the AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs,
as well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning six
decades in 2003. Later success included the 2006 album release,
Water & Bridges, an across the board hit, that hit the Top 5
in the Billboard Country Albums sales charts, also charting in the
Top 15 of the Billboard 200. The first single from the album, "I
Can't Unlove You", was also a sizable chart hit. Remaining a
popular entertainer around the world, he continued to tour
regularly until his retirement in 2017. Rogers had acting roles in
movies and television shows, including the title roles in Kenny
Rogers as The Gambler and the MacShayne series for The NBC Mystery
Movie, and the 1982 feature film Six Pack. He was the host and
narrator of the highly rated A & E TV documentary series The
Real West from 1991 to 1994, rerun extensively on The History
Channel. He was a co-founder of the restaurant chain Kenny Rogers
Roasters in collaboration with former Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO
John Y. Brown Jr. Although the stores closed in the United States,
they are still a fixture in Asia.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Christabel 1988 Christabel Bielenberg Bio Elizabeth Hurley DVD MP4
USB
Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1933: History Of The Jews In
Germany: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European
War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Holocaust (Shoah):
The Holocaust In Germany: Dachau Concentration Camp: --
Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, as Chief of Police of Munich,
orders the creation of Dachau concentration camp and appoints
Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant. Dachau concentration camp
was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany,
intended to hold political prisoners. It is located on the grounds
of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town
of Dachau, about 16 km northwest of Munich in the state of
Bavaria, in southern Germany. Its purpose was enlarged to include
forced labor, and eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, German and
Austrian criminals, and eventually foreign nationals from
countries that Germany occupied or invaded. The Dachau camp system
grew to include nearly 100 sub-camps, which were mostly work camps
or Arbeitskommandos, and were located throughout southern Germany
and Austria. The camps were liberated by U.S. forces on 29 April
1945. Prisoners lived in constant fear of brutal treatment and
terror detention including standing cells, floggings, the
so-called tree or pole hanging, and standing at attention for
extremely long periods. There were 32,000 documented deaths at the
camp, and thousands that are undocumented. Approximately 10,000 of
the 30,000 prisoners were sick at the time of liberation. In the
postwar years the Dachau facility served to hold SS soldiers
awaiting trial. After 1948, it held ethnic Germans who had been
expelled from eastern Europe and were awaiting resettlement, and
also was used for a time as a United States military base during
the occupation. It was finally closed in 1960. There are several
religious memorials within the Memorial Site, which is open to the
public.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Camelot: The Beginning JFK Inauguration DVD, Download, USB Flash
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Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1974: #DOTD: #RIP: Chet
Huntley, American television newscaster, best known for
co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley
Report, for 14 years, from 1956 through 1970 (b. December 10,
1911) #dies at the age of 62 of lung cancer at his home in Big
Sky, an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Gallatin
and Madison counties in southwestern Montana, three days before
opening ceremonies for The Big Sky Resort, which he put organized
corporate financing for. Huntley was honored with a cenotaph at
Soldiers Chapel on the grounds of the Big Sky Resort. Boyne USA
Resorts purchased the Big Sky Resort in 1976 and has owned and
managed it since. Huntley is buried at Sunset Hills Cemetery in
Bozeman, Montana, 50 miles east of his hometown of Cardwell,
Montana. Chet Huntley was born Chester Robert Huntley in Cardwell,
Montana, the only son and oldest of four children born to Percy
Adams Huntley and Blanche Wadine (nee Tatham) Huntley. The family
was of Scottish descent. His father was a telegraph operator for
the Northern Pacific Railway, and young Chet was born in the
Cardwell depot living quarters. Owing to the railroad's seniority
system, wherein employees with longer tenure could "bump"
newer employees, the family moved often. They lived in Cardwell,
Saco, Willow Creek, Logan, Big Timber, Norris, Whitehall, and
Three Forks while he was a child. He graduated from Whitehall High
School in Whitehall, and attended Montana State College in
Bozeman, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle before
graduating from the University of Washington in 1934, with a
degree in speech and drama. Huntley began his radio newscast
career in 1934 at Seattle's KIRO AM, later working on radio
stations in Spokane (KHQ) and Portland. His time (1936-37) in
Portland was with KGW-AM, owned by The Oregonian, a Portland daily
newspaper. At KGW he was writer, newscaster, and announcer. In
1937 he went to work for KFI in Los Angeles, moving to CBS Radio
from 1939 to 1951, then ABC Radio from 1951 to 1955. In 1955, he
joined the NBC Radio network, viewed by network executives as
"another Ed Murrow". In 1956, coverage of the national
political party conventions was a major point of pride for the
fledgling broadcast news organizations. NBC News executives were
seeking to counter the growing popularity of CBS' Walter Cronkite,
who had been a ratings success at the 1952 conventions. They
decided to replace their current news anchor, John Cameron Swayze,
but there was a disagreement on who the new anchorman should be.
The two leading contenders were Huntley and David Brinkley. The
eventual decision was to have both men share the assignment. Their
on-air chemistry was apparent from the start, with Huntley's
straightforward presentation countered by Brinkley's acerbic wit.
This success soon led to the team replacing Swayze on the
network's nightly news program. It was decided to have the two men
co-anchor the show; Huntley from New York City, Brinkley from
Washington, D.C. The Huntley-Brinkley Report began in October 1956
and was soon a ratings success. Huntley and Brinkley's catchphrase
closing of "Good night, David"-"Good night, Chet...
and good night for NBC News" was developed by the show's
producer, Reuven Frank. Although both anchors initially disliked
it, the sign-off became famous. Huntley and Brinkley gained great
celebrity themselves, with surveys showing them better known than
John Wayne, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart or the Beatles. The
gregarious Huntley remained the same, a friend commenting in 1968
that "Chet is warm, he's friendly, he's unaffected,
he's-well, he's just so damned nice." In April 1956, before
that year's political conventions that brought him to prominence,
Huntley began anchoring a new half-hour program entitled Outlook,
produced by Reuven Frank. The program aired for seven years, later
changing its name to Chet Huntley Reporting, and often covered
racial segregation and civil rights. In January 1962, the program
moved from the Sunday evening news time-slot to prime time.
Huntley wrote a memoir of his Montana childhood, The Generous
Years: Remembrances of a Frontier Boyhood, published by Random
House in 1968. He also became involved in a New York advertising
agency, Levine, Huntley, Schmidt, Plapler & Beaver, gaining a
10 percent share in the agency in exchange for having his name on
the letterhead and attending some agency meetings. He maintained
his own cattle farm in Stockton, New Jersey, which for a short
time in 1964 included a beef line from the farm's cattle promoted
under his name before the network intervened due to conflict of
interest and promotional concerns. Huntley's last NBC News
broadcast was aired on July 31, 1970. He returned to Montana,
where he conceived and built Big Sky, a ski resort south of
Bozeman, which opened in December 1973. Huntley's first marriage,
to Ingrid Rolin, produced two daughters and ended in divorce in
1959. Later that year, Huntley, at age forty-eight, married the
former Tippy Stringer (1930-2010). Huntley died of lung cancer on
March 20, 1974, at his home in Big Sky at the age of 62, three
days before the opening ceremonies for Big Sky. Huntley was
honored with a cenotaph at Soldiers Chapel on the grounds of the
Big Sky Resort. Boyne USA Resorts purchased the Big Sky Resort in
1976 and has owned and managed it since. Huntley was buried at
Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, Montana, 50 miles east of his
hometown of Cardwell, Montana. In 1956 Huntley received the Alfred
I. duPont Award. In 1988, Huntley was posthumously inducted into
the Television Hall of Fame. Only days before his retirement,
Huntley gave an interview with Dick Cavett. On that broadcast, he
described his political views as conservative on economic issues,
but liberal on social issues. However, he insisted to Cavett and
the other guests that he took pains to ensure that his personal
views did not adversely affect his reporting during his years as a
journalist. The Tom Lehrer song "So Long Mom (I'm Off to Drop
the Bomb)" includes the verse: While we're attacking
frontally | Watch Brinkally and Huntally | Describing
contrapuntally | The cities we have lost | No need for you to miss
a minute of the agonizing holocaust.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Rusty
Warren Comedy Album MegaSet MP3 CD Audio Download USB Drive
Today, March 20, 2026March 20, 1930: #BOTD: #HBD! Rusty
Warren, American comedian and musician known as the "Knockers
Up Gal" and "The Mother Of The Sexual Revolution"
specializing in sex-related themes and songs such as "Bounce
Your Boobies" (d. May 25, 2021) is #born Ilene Goldman in New
York City. She was adopted six months later by Helen and Herbert
Goldman, a couple from Milton, Massachusetts, who named her Ilene
Goldman. She graduated from Milton High School around 1948,
studied piano at the New England Conservatory of Music, graduating
around 1954. She spent her first free summer entertaining in small
lounges, and later taught there briefly after obtaining her
degree. Her musical mentor at the time was Arthur Fiedler, the
conductor of the Boston Pops. She recorded for Jubilee Records,
then GNP Crescendo Records which reissued some of her earlier
Jubilee albums. Her career began in the early 1950s in Phoenix,
Arizona. Later she moved her act to Las Vegas, Nevada. Her comedy
routines exposed the subject of sex from a female perspective. Her
most famous contribution to the sexual revolution was the song
"Knockers Up" from the 1960 album of the same name. SCTV
comedian Catherine O'Hara performed a character called Dusty Towne
who was based on Warren. Warren produced a DVD that chronicles her
life in show business. The DVD, Rusty Warren: Knockers Up! The
Lady Behind the Laughs, was released by GNP Crescendo in 2008.
Rusty Warren died in her sleep at the age of 91.
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