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What happened in history on this day: March 20?
On March 20 in ...
- 1985 - CBS-TV presents The Romance of Betty Boop special starring Desiree Goyette as Betty Boop.
- 1987 - Soap opera TV show Capitol airs its final episode.
- 1992 - Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3 million for accident on Price is Right TV show set.
- 1992 - TriStar releases the film Basic Instinct to theaters.
Births on March 20
- 1896 - Birth of Hal Walker in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA; director (I Married Joan).
- 1902 - Birth of Edgar Buchanan in Humansville, Missouri, USA; actor (Uncle Joe - Petticoat Junction).
- 1906 - Birth of Ozzie Nelson in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet).
- 1908 - Birth of Philip "Felix" Bekkers; actor (Czardasvorstin).
- 1908 - Birth of Michael Redgrave in Bristol, England; actor (Browning Version, The Lady Vanishes).
- 1911 - Birth of Mieke Verstraete; Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled).
- 1914 - Birth of Wendell Corey in Dracut, Massachusetts, USA; actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl).
- 1918 - Birth of Jack Barry in Lindenhurst, New York, USA; game show emcee (The Joker's Wild).
- 1920 - Birth of Bryan Genesse; actor (The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1920 - Birth of Werner Klemperer in Cologne, Germany; actor (Colonel Klink - Hogan's Heroes).
- 1922 - Birth of Carl Reiner in the Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/actor (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Jack Kruschen in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; actor (Papa - Webster, Busting Loose).
- 1931 - Birth of Harold Lipshitz AKA Hal Linden in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic, Rothchild), singer.
- 1935 - Birth of Ted Bessell in Flushing Queens, New York, USA; actor (Don - That Girl, Frankie - Gomer Pyle).
- 1937 - Birth of Jerry Reed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; singer/actor ('Gator, Bat 21, Smokey and the Bandit).
- 1943 - Birth of Paul Junger Witt; TV producer (Golden Girls, Empty Nest).
- 1948 - Birth of John de Lancie; actor (Q - Star Trek: The Next Generation, Eugene Bradford - Days of Our Lives).
- 1949 - Birth of Chip Zien in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Love Sidney, Reggie).
- 1950 - Birth of William Hurt in Washington DC; actor (The Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God).
- 1951 - Birth of Tanya Boyd in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Celeste - Days of Our Lives).
- 1957 - Birth of Theresa Russell [Paup] in San Diego, California, USA; actress (Black Widow, Straight Time, Razor's Edge).
- 1958 - Birth of Holly Hunter in Conyers, Georgia, USA; actress (The Piano, Broadcast News, Roe versus Wade).
- 1961 - Birth of John Clark Gable in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bad Jim).
- 1967 - Birth of Bryan Genesse; actor (Rocco - The Bold and the Beautiful, Grady - Street Justice).
- 1973 - Birth of Jane March in Edgeware, England; actress (Lover).
Deaths on March 20
- 1968 - Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies.
- 1972 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace - Bus Stop), dies at age 50.
- 1974 - Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at age 62.
- 1974 - Edward Platt, actor (Chief - Get Smart), dies at age 58.
- 1976 - Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at age 61.
- 1989 - Death of Archie Bleyer at age 79 from Parkinson's disease; bandleader/arranger (for Arthur Godfrey on radio and TV), founded Cadence records.
- 1992 - Death of Avonne Taylor at age 93; actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers).
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