March 20 - Neighborly

Won't You

...be my neighbor?

This Day In History

1852

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

1888

The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.

1914

In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.

1916

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

1923

The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.

1985

Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

1999

Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.

Famous Birthdays

43 BC

Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17 AD)

1813

Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886)

1828

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906)

1926

Mitsumasa Anno, Japanese children's author and illustrator

1928

Fred Rogers, American TV host (d. 2003)

1948

John de Lancie, American actor
Pamela Sargent, American, feminist, science fiction author & editor

1979

Freema Agyeman, British actress