March 20

It's March 20th

On this day in 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published.

In 1916 – Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity"

In 1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first U.S. showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso



In 1969 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono at the Rock of Gibraltar in Spain.


In 1982 - The duo Buckner & Garcia appear on American Bandstand to perform their hit single "Pac-Man Fever," the first successful song about a video game.


In 2015 – A solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.


In 2021 – La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted in an attack by approximately fifty members and affiliates of Génération Identitaire. After ransacking the bookstore, the group was left undisturbed in the neighborhood for half an hour without police intervention.French authorities made no arrests and held no trials regarding the incident; the case was eventually dismissed.
(Article from 2/17/26, by NPA-l’Anticapitaliste: "In Lyons, the regrettable consequences of the fascist atmosphere")

Xavier Dolan
as Jean Marc in "Good Neighbors"


Freema Agyeman
as Angel on "Eat Locals"


Ramin Bahrani
on Tubi



Alex Kapranos


Edoardo Ballerini
on Tubi

Ultra Naté


Xavier Beauvois
in "Django"

as Vincent Briot in "Let the Sunshine In"


Natacha Atlas

"The Best of Natacha Atlas"

"I Put a Spell on You" Playlist

Naoto Takenaka
on Tubi

Mariya Takeuchi


Ian Moss


Nina Kiriki Hoffman
"Time Travelers, Ghosts and Other Visitors"

Phil Judd



John de Lancie

as Dr. Quentin Morris in "Pathology"


Stephen Sommers
on Tubi

Mary Roach

Chris Wedge
on Tubi

Paul Junger

Gerard Malanga


Mary Ellen Mark


Jerry Reed


Lee "Scratch" Perry


Ted Bassell
as Elliot in Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Season 3 Episode 22 "Thou Still Unravished Bride"

Carl Reiner
on Tubi

Larry Elgart


Rosemary Timperley
"The Listening Child"
"The Secretary"

Marian McPartland


Vera Lynn


Sister Rosetta Tharpe


Sviatoslav Richter


Wendell Corey
as Lieutenant Ted Dorgan in "The Accused"

as Holman in "The Astro-Zombies"

as Lawyer Clayborn in "Picture Mommy Dead"

on Tubi

Michael Redgrave
on Tubi
as Gilbert in "The Lady Vanishes"


Ozzie Nelson
as Ken in "People are Funny"

Edgar Buchanan
on Tubi

Eduard Wiiralt
"Hell II"


John Lavery
"The Red Rose"


Illarion Pryanishnikov
"Preparing the Ground for Flax"


Edward Poynter
"The Ides of March"

"Cave of the Storm Nymphs"


George Caleb Bingham
"The Squatters"


Ovid
Bust from 2nd Century AD

- "Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."
- "Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you."

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