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March 20
March 20 is under the sign of Pisces.
Famous birthdays on this day include Chester Bennington (1976), Xavier Dolan (1989) and Spike Lee (1957).
Several movies were released around March 20 over the years, such as The Enchanted Cottage in 1924 directed by John S. Robertson and La fin du jour in 1939 directed by Julien Duvivier.
But much more happened on March 20 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around March 20 over the years?
The Enchanted Cottage
Release year: 1924
Directed by: John S. Robertson
Starring: Richard Barthelmess, May McAvoy, Ida Waterman, Alfred Hickman
La fin du jour
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Julien Duvivier
Starring: Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray
Wuthering Heights
Release year: 1939
Directed by: William Wyler
Starring: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson
Country: United States of America
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie
Country: United States of America
City Island
Release year: 2009
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Starring: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer
Historical Events
Which were the important events of March 20?
- 2019 Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney: The Walt Disney Company completes its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox's film and TV assets (with the exception of the business, broadcasting network, news, and sports assets owned by the newly-formed Fox Corporation). (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 2018 Syrian Civil War: A rocket fired from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta strikes a popular market in Damascus, killing at least 35 people, according to Syrian state TV SANA. (Reuters) (Channel News Asia)An airstrike in Eastern Ghouta kills two women and 15 children in an underground school. (BBC)
- 2017 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): A car bomb in Baghdad's southwestern Hayy Al-A'amel neighborhood kills at least 23 people, and wounds 45 others. (AP via Fox News)
- 2016 March 2016 Istanbul bombing: Turkish authorities name a Turkish man with alleged ties to the Islamic State responsible for this weekend's suicide bombing in Istanbul. (The Washington Post)
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Events
- Chester Bennington: American musician (Linkin Park).
- Xavier Dolan: Canadian French Young prodigy, actor and...
- Spike Lee: Director.
- William Hurt: American actor.
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Famous Birthday
- Fred Rogers: American children's television host (d....
- Fred Rogers: American children's television host (d....
- Lev Yashin: Soviet footballer (Born 1929).
- Georges Delerue: French composer of music for films which...
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of March 20 over the years?
- 2018 God's Plan - Drake
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
- 2016 Work - Rihanna Featuring Drake
- 2015 Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
- 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
- 2013 Harlem Shake - Baauer
- 2012 Fun. - We Are Young
- 2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way
- 2010 Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
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2009
Flo Rida - Right Round
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Heathens - twenty one pilots
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 Hozier - Take Me To Church
- 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
- 2013 Ho Hey - The Lumineers
- 2012 The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
- 2011 Rope - Foo Fighters
- 2010 Your Decision - Alice In Chains
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around March 20 over the years?
The Appeal
Year: 2008
By: John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history.
Gray Mountain
Year: 2015
By: John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits …
The Night Of The Hunter
Year: 1954
By: Davis Grubb
The bestselling, National Book Award–finalist novel that inspired Charles Laughton’s expressionist horror classic starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Two young children, Pearl and John Harper, are being raised alone by
Shadows On The Grass
Year: 1961
By: Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen takes up the absorbing story of her life in Kenya begun in the unforgettable Out of Africa, which she published under the name of Karen Blixen.
Chicago Confidential
Year: 1950
By: Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
Chicago is the hurly-burly, rough-and-tumble, guns-and-girls, front-page town of the U.S. - and this is an impudent, uncensored, shocking account of the fast, fabulous, fascinating city.