What happened on March 20th?
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| 1602 | Dutch East India Company founded Learn more.. |
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| 1727 | Sir Isaac Newton dies in London Learn more.. |
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| 1800 | Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London Learn more.. |
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| 1815 | Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule Learn more.. |
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| 1828 | Playwright Henrik Ibsen, often called the father of realism, is born in Skien, Norway Learn more.. |
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| 1852 | American author Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published in book form Learn more.. |
| 1854 | A meeting of Whigs, anti-Nebraska Democrats, and Free-Soilers in Ripon, proposed the formation of what became the U.S. Republican Party Learn more.. |
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| 1904 | Pioneer of the theory of behaviourism, American psychologist B.F. Skinner was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Learn more.. |
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| 1916 | Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity was first published as an academic paper in Annalen der Physik, Learn more.. |
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| 1949 | The Deutsche Mark is made the only legal tender in western sectors of Berlin Learn more.. |
| 1956 | Tunisia achieve independence from France Learn more.. |
| 1966 | The football World Cup is stolen while on exhibition in London Learn more.. |
| 1969 | John Lennon marries Japanese artist and musician Yoko Ono in Gibraltar Learn more.. |
| 1974 | Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips escape an apparent kidnap attempt Learn more.. |
| 1976 | Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is convicted of armed robbery and use of a gun to commit a felony Learn more.. |
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| 1995 | A nerve gas attack occurred on the Tokyo subway system during rush hour resulting in 12 persons killed and 5,000 injured Learn more.. |
| 1998 | The government of Botswana announces the completion of the Trans-Kalihari Highway; the first direct link between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans across Africa Learn more.. |
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| 2020 | American country music singer Kenny Rogers, whose numerous hits included Lady and The Gambler, dies at age 81 Learn more.. |
| 2026 | Today |
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