What happened on March 20 ?

43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)

1477 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)

1502 - Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)

1725 - Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)

1735 - Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1784)

1737 - Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)

1741 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)

1770 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)

1799 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)

1811 - Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832)

1823 - Ned Buntline, American publisher, writer, and publicist (d. 1886)

1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906)

1831 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (d. 1881)

1834 - Charles W. Eliot, American president of Harvard University (d. 1926)

1836 - Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919)

1840 - Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)

1856 - Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941)

1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor and efficiency expert (d. 1915)

1870 - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)

1873 (O.S.) - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (d. 1943)

1874 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)

1890 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)

1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973)

1895 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)

1897 - Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam

1903 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)

1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990)

1906 - Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)

1906 - Ozzie Nelson, American actor and band leader (d. 1975)

1908 - Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (d. 1985)

1911 - Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1991)

1915 - Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000)

1915 - Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1997)

1917 - Dame Vera Lynn, English actress and singer

1918 - Jack Barry, American television host (d. 1984)

1918 - Marian McPartland, British jazz musician

1920 - Pamela Harriman, British-American socialite and diplomat (d. 1997)

1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973)

1922 - Ray Goulding, American comedian (d. 1990)

1922 - Carl Reiner, American director, producer, actor, and comedian

1925 - John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999)

1928 - Fred Rogers, American children's television host (d. 2003)

1931 - Hal Linden, American actor

1933 - Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet

1934 - Willie Brown, Mayor of San Francisco

1935 - Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996)

1936 - Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004)

1937 - Jerry Reed, American musician

1939 - Brian Mulroney, eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada

1945 - Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot

1945 - Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach

1948 - John de Lancie, American actor

1948 - Bobby Orr, Canadian hockey player

1949 - Marcia Ball, American singer

1950 - William Hurt, American actor

1950 - Carl Palmer, British drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, American blues guitarist

1957 - Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress

1957 - Spike Lee, American film director and actor

1958 - Holly Hunter, American actress

1959 - Steve Borden, American professional wrestler

1961 - Slim Jim Phantom, American musician (Stray Cats)

1962 - Stephen Sommers, American film director

1963 - Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach

1963 - Kathy Ireland, American model and actress

1964 - Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer

1969 - Mannie Fresh, Hip Hop Producer

1971 - Toure, American Writer

1972 - Alexander Kapranos, English singer and guitarist (Franz Ferdinand (band))

1974 - Paula Garces, Colombian actress

1974 - Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer

1976 - Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)

1979 - Bianca Lawson, American actress

1980 - Jamal Crawford, American basketball player

1982 - Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)

1982 - Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricket captain

1984 - Marcus Vick, American football player

1984 - Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer

1984 - Winta, Norwegian musician

1985 - Chris Beattie, British actor

1987 - Rollo Weeks, British actor