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unusual facts about 20 March



Tufan Özbozkurt

Tufan Özbozkurt (Utrecht, 20 March 1993) is a Turkish-Dutch professional football player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven.


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...à la Fumée

Lasting circa 18 minutes, it was premiered in Helsinki on 20 March 1991 by flutist Petri Alanko, cellist Anssi Karttunen and the Finnish Radio Symphony conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started in Düsseldorf on 23 October 2004 and finished in Falun on 20 March 2005.

Alfonso García Robles

Alfonso García Robles (20 March 1911 – 2 September 1991) was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

With Hampdens, the Whitley made the first bombing raid on German soil on the night of 19/20 March 1940, attacking the Hornum seaplane base on the Island of Sylt.

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

# Georg Albrecht (b. Bayreuth, 20 March 1619 – d. Schretz, 27 September 1666), inherited Kulmbach but never reigned.

# Magdalene Sibylle (b. Bayreuth, 27 October 1612 – d. Dresden, 20 March 1687); married on 13 November 1638 to Elector John George II of Saxony.

Christopher, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

Count Christopher of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (20 March 1552 in Haigerloch – 21 April 1592, ibid.) was the first Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.

Clement of Ireland

The 17th-century hagiographer John Colgan, in his Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae (Louvain, 1645) says that he was living in 818, and gives the date of Clement's death as 20 March and the place as Auxerre, where he was interred in the church of Saint-Amator.

Costești, Vaslui

On 20 March 2010, Realitatea TV, together with Petrom, MaiMultVerde, Romsilva and the Vaslui County Council, planted 25,000 saplings on an area of 5 hectares in Chiţcani.

County Square

On 20 March 2007, County Square opened its new extended shopping mall to accommodate its new anchor store Debenhams, as well as stores such as New Look, Jane Norman, H&M, Next, River Island and Waterstones.

David Malouf

David George Joseph Malouf (born 20 March 1934) is an Australian writer.

David Marshall Grant

Chicago Hope episode "Internal Affairs" (20 March 1995) as Stephen Tomilson

DB Class 10

Up to 1962 they were allocated to Bebra locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk or Bw), before being transferred to Bw Kassel where they worked alongside the DRG Class 01.10s until 20 March 1967 heading fast-stopping and express trains to and from Gießen.

Derlis González

Derlis Alberto González Galeano (born 20 March 1994 in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Olimpia on loan from Benfica and the Paraguay national under-20 football team.

Drew Smith

On three occasions since being elected Drew Smith has refused to cross picket lines to attend debates at Holyrood when parliamentary staff have been on strike, most recently on 20 March 2013 when he spoke at a rally of Public and Commercial Services Union members in Glasgow's St Enoch Square instead.

Francisco Osorto

Francisco Salvador Osorto Guardado (born 20 March 1957 in Santa Rosa de Lima) is a former football player from El Salvador.

Frank Porter Wood

He died on 20 March 1955 in Toronto and his major bequest to the Art Gallery of Ontario included: The Harvest Wagon by Thomas Gainsborough, Daedalus Warning His Son Icarus by Anthony van Dyck, A Portrait of Dr. Joseph Joachim by John Singer Sargent, Portrait of a Gentleman, Isaak Abrahamsz Massa by Frans Hals, Lady with a Lap Dog by Rembrandt van Rijn, and Portrait of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne by Frans Hals.

Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach

Georg Albrecht of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Bayreuth, 20 March 1619 – Schretz, 27 September 1666), was a German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern.

Georgy Shishkin

At Christie's, during an auction in the Principality, one of his paintings reached fourth place among works of famous artists like Arman, Botero, Folon or Matta (Le Figaro, 20 March 1999).

Harry Morris, 1st Baron Morris of Kenwood

However, he resigned his seat four weeks later, on 20 March, (by taking the Stewardship of the Manor of Northstead) to make way for the former Solicitor General Sir Frank Soskice, whose Birkenhead East constituency had been abolished.

Jamie McDonnell

The fight, in Cannes on 20 March 2010, resulted in a surprise victory for the man from Doncaster with a 10th round stoppage over Arnould to lift his third title in a row.

Jerzy Duda-Gracz

Jerzy Duda-Gracz (20 March 1941 in Częstochowa – 5 November 2004 in Łagów) was a Polish painter.

Johannes Gossner

Johannes Evangelista Gossner (14 December 1773 – 20 March 1858), German divine and philanthropist, was born at Hausen near Augsburg.

John Dillon

He was suspended on the 20 March for violent language addressed to Joseph Chamberlain.

John Hopoate

He fought Cliff Couser on 20 March 2009 and won the fight by technical knockout after Couser did not answer the bell for the fourth round.

Josef Johann Mann

Josef Johann Mann (19 May 1804 – 20 March 1889), or Johann Josef Ritter von Mann, was a German Bohemian entomologist and a specialist in Lepidoptera.

Lee Matthews

On 15 March he joined Bristol City on loan, after coming off the bench the next day to score against Millwall in a 2–1 win at Ashton Gate, he was signed permanently for £100,000 (initially £70,000, with a maximum bonus of £35,000 dependent on appearances) on 20 March.

Lord Kennet

(Edward) Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet (1879–1960), GBE, DSO, DSC & Bar, PC (20 March 1879 – 11 July 1960) was a British politician and writer

Lord Savile

Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, PC, QC (born 20 March 1936) is a British judge and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Mahdi Abu Deeb

On 20 March, his father's house in A'ali was raided by 30 security officers after midnight; forcing his brother-in-law to guide them to Deeb's house.

Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1875–1878

:x Sturt MHA Samuel Way resigned on 20 March 1876 to take up the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

On 20 March 1930 (Thursday) he met Swami Nigamananda for the first time at Nilachala Kutir.

Norbert Pohlmann

Norbert Pohlmann (born 20 March 1960 in Ratingen/Germany) is a computer scientist and a professor at the Westphalia University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen.

Oort no Kumo

It was released on 20 March 2002 and peaked at #59 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.

Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta (Ghent, 20 March 1830 — Walferdange, Luxembourg, 1 May 1872), Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was the first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands, son of king William II of the Netherlands.

Princess Anna Maria of Sweden

Princess Anna Maria of Sweden also Anne (in Swedish Anna Gustavsdotter (19 June 1545 - 20 March 1610) was a Countess Palatine of Veldenz as the spouse of George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz.

Ralph Myers

Ralph Myers (born 20 March 1979) is an Australian theatre set-designer and director, and the Artistic Director of Sydney's Belvoir.

Rena Golden

Rena Golden (30 March 1961 – 20 March 2013) was an Indian born American journalist working for CNN and the Weather Channel.

Samuel-Auguste Tissot

Samuel Auguste André David Tissot (20 March 1728, Grancy - 13 June 1797, Lausanne) was a notable 18th century Swiss physician.

SS Oria

SS Oria (1890) was a 2,167 ton cargo ship launched on 20 March 1890, by Thompson, R., Southwick, England.

St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School

The current Biscop of the Diocese is Séamus Cunningham, who will receive his episcopal consecration on 20 March at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Surprise Moriri

Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri (born 20 March 1980 in Matibidi, Mpumalanga) is a South African football midfielder and striker for Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa.

Terowie, South Australia

Whilst transferring trains in Terowie on 20 March 1942, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur made his famous speech regarding the Battle of the Philippines in which he said: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".

Thomas Fonnereau

Thomas Fonnereau (London, 27 October 1699 – 20 March 1779) was a British businessman and politician, the eldest son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau.

Tryphena Sparks

Tryphena Sparks (20 March 1851 - 17 March 1890), born in Puddletown, Dorset, the youngest child of James and Maria Sparks, was Thomas Hardy's cousin and possible lover.

Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini

Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini (10 October 1650 – 20 March 1728) was an Italian Cardinal who served as bishop of Imola.

Wilhelm Neef

Wilhelm Neef (28 January 1916 – 20 March 1990) was a German conductor and composer.