CoM Moderators Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1648 - King Charles I of England first tries to escape captivity at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight by climbing out a window - but gets stuck 1819 - London’s famous Burlington Arcade opens, the world’s 1st shopping arcade 1911 - Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC 1934 - American all-round female super athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias pitches a hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in their exhibition pre-season baseball game against Brooklyn Dodgers 1940 - Paul Reynoud becomes French premier 1947 - 180 tonne blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 1957 - Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1996 - UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) 2019 - Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts calls the state's flooding "the most widespread destruction we have ever seen in our state's history" 2022 - Intense fighting in Ukrainian city of Mariupol continues as Russian forces encircle the city, trapping 300,000 people More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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