Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: March 20
March 20, 2024 is the 80th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 286 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: March 20
- 235 –Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed emperor. He is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne.
- 1760 –The “Great Fire” of Boston, Massachusetts, destroys 349 buildings.
- 1852 –Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
- 1888 –The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
- 1922 –The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
- 1956 –Tunisia gains independence from France.
- 1993 –An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England.
- 2003 –2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
- 2005 –A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.
- 2006 –Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country’s banana crop.
Who were born on March 20?
- 1831 –Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881)
- 1907 –Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam (d. 2011)
- 1908 –Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (d. 1985)
- 1916 –Pierre Messmer, French politician, Prime Minister (1972-1974) (d. 2007)
- 1918 –Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer
- 1927 –John Joubert, South African-born British composer
- 1941 –Pat Corrales, American baseball player
- 1961 –Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
- 1982 –José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 –Yoan Merlo, French e-sport gamer
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