Daily Calendar for Thursday, March 20, 2025

Vernal Equinox

In the Northern Hemisphere, the next vernal or spring equinox occurs on March 19, 2024, at 11:06 P.M. EDT. and marks the astronomical start of the spring season. The word equinox is derived from the Latin words meaning “equal night.” The vernal, or spring, equinox is the point at which the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator from south to north, signaling the beginning of nature’s renewal in the Northern Hemisphere. To learn everything about this equinox, go to ��.com/spring.

Died

King Henry IV of England – 1413
Sir Thomas Seymour (brother of Queen Jane, uncle to Prince Edward) – 1549
Sir Isaac Newton (physicist) – 1727

Born

Henrik Ibsen (poet & playwright) – 1828
Charles William Eliot (educator) – 1834
Ozzie Nelson (actor) – 1906
Sir Michael Redgrave (actor) – 1908
Jack Barry (game show host) – 1918
Carl Reiner (actor & director) – 1922
Ray Goulding (comedian) – 1922
Fred Rogers (educator, minister, host of children’s television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) – 1928
Jerry Reed (actor) – 1937
Bobby Orr (hockey player) – 1948
William Hurt (actor) – 1950
Carl Palmer (musician) – 1950
Spike Lee (director) – 1957
Holly Hunter (actress) – 1958
Christy Carlson Romano (actress) – 1984

Events

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published– 1852
American Bell Telephone Co. was organized– 1880
The first Farm Bureau in U.S. formed in Binghamton, N.Y.– 1911
First U.S. figure skating championship in international style took place in New Haven, Connecticut– 1914
The first flight between England and South Africa was completed by Col. H.A. van Rejneveld and Maj. C.J. Brand of the South African Air Force– 1920
USS Midway launched, Newport News, Virginia– 1945
British troops captured Japanese-held Mandalay (WWII)– 1945
The peace treaty restoring Japanese sovereignty was ratified by U.S. Senate, ending American occupation of Japan– 1952
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married in a civil ceremony in Gibraltar– 1969
Communications satellite NATO 1 launched– 1970
Libby Riddles of Teller, AK, became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Dog Race, from Anchorage to Nome– 1985
Skier Lauren Woolstencroft won her 5th gold medal of the Winter Paralympic Games– 2010
A magnitude-7.6 earthquake located 120 miles east of Acapulco shook southern Mexico– 2012

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Snowstorm in Oklahoma dropped nearly a foot in Tulsa– 1924
Juneau, Alaska, had 32.5 inches of snow– 1948
38” snow fell in Morgantown, Pennsylvania– 1958

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