Today in History - History - March 20th

1616Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana

200216th Soul Train Music Awards: The O'Jays, Dr. Dre & Alicia Keys wins

1937Franco offensive at Guadalajara, Spain

1983Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1994"Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs

1973Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death

1994Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1990Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident

1942Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return"

2004Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader.

1939Brian Mulroney, Baie-Comeau Quebec, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93)

1948Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins)

1963David Thewlis, Blackpool, Lancashire, English actor (Remus Lupin-Harry Potter series)

1856Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management

1928Fred Rogers, Latrobe PA, children's TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood)

1957Spike Lee [Shelton Jackson Lee], Atlanta, Florida, American film director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)

1969Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar

1976Rocker Alice Cooper (28) weds choreographer Sheryl Goddard in Acapulco, Mexico

1568Albert of Prussia, 1st Duke of Prussia, dies at 77

1964Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41