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Historical events & facts — March 20
What happened on March 20?
March 20 marks the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere — one of two days in the year when the Sun crosses the celestial equator and day and night are of equal length. Ancient civilisations — Stonehenge, Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza — built monuments aligned with the equinox. It is the astronomical start of spring and marks the new year in many cultures, including the Persian Nowruz.
On March 20, 1852, the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published — it became the best-selling book of the nineteenth century in the US and one of the most influential works in the history of American slavery. The novel sensitised millions of readers to the cruelty of slavery. Upon meeting its author, President Lincoln reportedly said: "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war".
On March 20, 1760, a great fire destroyed much of Boston, Massachusetts, damaging hundreds of buildings. Large urban fires were recurring catastrophes before the arrival of modern fire services and planned urban development. The Boston fire was one of the most devastating in American colonial history and affected the development of one of the most important cities in the future Colonies.
Notable birthdays — March 20
Famous people born on March 20
43 BC
Year 43 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday or Monday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pansa and Hirtius.
Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. Widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, he has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire".
Alfréd Rényi
Alfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in probability theory, though he also made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory.
Bettye Washington Greene
Bettye Washington Greene was an American industrial research chemist. She was one of the first few African American women to earn her Ph.D. in chemistry and she was the first African American female Ph.D. chemist to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company. At Dow, she researched latex and polymers. Greene is considered an early African American pioneer in science.
Giampiero Moretti
Gianpiero Moretti was an Italian racing driver and the founder of the MOMO company in the 1960s. He was born in Milan.
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