The Birthday Gazette

Born on March 20

March 20 birthdays & history

If you were born on March 20, you share a birthday with Henrik Ibsen, Chester Bennington and Fernando Torres. March 20 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 20 is the 80th day of the year in leap years (79th in other years).

Famous people born on March 20

  • 1828Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director
  • 1976Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter
  • 1984Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
  • 1904B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author
  • 1948John de Lancie, American actor
  • 1811Napoleon II, French emperor
  • 1928Fred Rogers, American television host and author
  • 1950William Hurt, American actor
  • 1958Holly Hunter, American actress
  • 1957Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

What happened on March 20

  • 1602The Dutch East India Company, the first company to issue stock, was established.
  • 1883The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
  • 1888The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • 1890Emperor Wilhelm II dismissed Otto von Bismarck as the chancellor of the German Empire.
  • 1896With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • 1903The first of a series of auctions of sheep farming land in southern Patagonia takes place impacting established settlers.
  • 1916Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", which establishes his general theory of relativity, to the journal Annalen der Physik.
  • 1923The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first solo United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso.
  • 1951Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of HonshÅ« is founded.
  • 1956Tunisia gains independence from France.
  • 1964The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
  • 1985Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Also observed on March 20

  • Great American MeatOut (United States)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tunisia from France in 1956.
  • International Day of Happiness (United Nations)
  • World Sparrow Day

Questions, answered

What star sign is March 20?

People born on March 20 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.

Which famous people were born on March 20?

Henrik Ibsen (1828), Chester Bennington (1976), Fernando Torres (1984), B. F. Skinner (1904), John de Lancie (1948), Napoleon II (1811) were all born on March 20.

What happened on March 20 in history?

Among other things: in 1956, Tunisia gains independence from France; in 1964, The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962; in 1985, Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Can I get a newspaper front page from March 20?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 20 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 20”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.