March 20

Saturday 20, 1993:

1993 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Warrington, northwest England, killing two children.

Friday 20, 1987:

1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves anti-AIDS drug AZT.

Saturday 20, 1965:

1965 – In Naples, Italy, France Gall wins the tenth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (Wax doll, talking doll).

Friday 20, 1942:

1942 – General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".

Friday 20, 1739:

1739 – Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

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