What are the important events that happened on March 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 20: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 20 is the 79^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 286 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 7, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,742,428,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontaenneagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 334 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,472 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 20 Historical Events

• 1602 –
  The Dutch East India Company is established.
• 1852 –
  Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
• 1861 –
  An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• 1883 –
  The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
• 1888 –
  The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
• 1913 –
  Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• 1923 –
  The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso’s first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
• 1942 –
  World War II: 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”.
• 1993 –
  An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England.
• 2006 –
  Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country’s banana crop.

Who were born on March 20?

• 1840 –
  Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
• 1856 –
  Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (d. 1915)
• 1874 –
  Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)
• 1916 –
  Pierre Messmer, French politician, Prime Minister (1972-1974) (d. 2007)
• 1925 –
  John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999)
• 1940 –
  Stathis Chaitas, Greek fooballer
• 1963 –
  Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007)
• 1984 –
  Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice-hockey player
• 1984 –
  Winta, Norwegian musician
• 1989 –
  André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer

Who died on March 20?

• 687 –
  St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634)
• 1239 –
  Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. c. 1179)
• 1673 –
  Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)
• 1730 –
  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
• 1780 –
  Sir Benjamin Truman – English brewer
• 1899 –
  Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822)
• 2001 –
  Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
• 2003 –
  Sailor Art Thomas, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
• 2007 –
  Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
• 2010 –
  Stewart Udall, American politician, environmentalist (b. 1920)