Or, if you’re like me, clicking on Google today made you wonder, “Is it national Pin Cushion Day?”
Ohhhhh.
Those are tulips. It’s March 2o. The vernal equinox. Spring is trying to spring.
Got it.
What happened on this day in history? Any famous people born on March 20?
On this day in history:
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1602 – Dutch East India Company is founded
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1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed after 13 years imprisoned in the Tower of London
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1760 – Great Fire in Boston destroys 349 buildings
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1815 – Napoleon escapes Elba and enters Paris with 140,000 regular troops and 200,000 volunteers; beginning his Hundred Days Rule
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1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
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1914 – The first international figure skating competition takes place in New Haven, CT (Stock in bedazzlers shoots through the roof).
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1916 – Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity. (His follow up – the specific theory of relativity flops 2 years later.)
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1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first US Navy aircraft carrier.
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1952 – The US ratifies a peace treaty with Japan
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1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France
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1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry in Gibraltar (They tried to get to Holland or France).
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1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the Iditerod, the 1135 miles dog sled race.
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1990 – Ferdinand Marcos’ widow, Imelda stands trial for bribery, embezzlement and racketeering (but not for shoe hoarding)
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1999 – Legoland opens in Carlsbad, CA. (Pilgrimage site for all of those with a Godzilla complex)
Born on this day:
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43 bc – Ovid, Roman poet
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1811 – Napolean II of France
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1828 – Henrik Ibsen, father of the modern drama
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1904 – B. F. Skinner, guy obsessed with a box
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1906 – Ozzie Nelson
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1922 – Carl Reiner, looks great for being 2000 years old, man
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1928 – Fred Rogers, Cardigan enthusiast
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1931 – Hal Linden
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1948 – Bobby Orr, Consummate crossword answer.
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1957 – Spike Lee, director best known for his catch phrase, “Is it the shoes? Gotta be the shoes”
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1958 – Holly Hunter
A little known fact about Bobby Orr, he was also a decent hockey player.
Now, I’ve got to sign off so I can check my BeDazzler futures.
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Can you add my name in list of born on that day..
I am also born on 20th march….lol!
March 21st is the real first day of Spring, as it doesn’t come in till about 11:30 tonight (3/20/11), making 3/21/11 the first day of Spring!