March 20

Sunday 20, 2005:

2005 – The Sports Central Re-Opens

Thursday 20, 2003:

2003 – 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.

Monday 20, 2000:

2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead.

Wednesday 20, 1996:

1996 – In Los Angeles, California, Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.

Monday 20, 1995:

1995 – Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway killing 12 and wounding 1300 persons.

Saturday 20, 1993:

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

Tuesday 20, 1990:

1990 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.

Friday 20, 1987:

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

Thursday 20, 1986:

1986 – Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France

Wednesday 20, 1985:

1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.

Tuesday 20, 1979:

1979 – REXX programming language created

Saturday 20, 1976:

1976 – Patty Hearst is found guilty of the armed robbery of a San Francisco, California bank.

Wednesday 20, 1974:

1974 – A failed kidnap attempt is made on Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.

Thursday 20, 1969:

1969 – In Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.

Sunday 20, 1966:

1966 – The World Cup is stolen from Central Hall, London

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, 1964:

1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.

Tuesday 20, 1956:

1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France.

Thursday 20, 1952:

1952 – The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.

Saturday 20, 1948:

1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.

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".

Monday 20, 1933:

1933 – Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.

Monday 20, 1922:

1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.

Monday 20, 1916:

1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.

Friday 20, 1914:

1914 – In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.

Thursday 20, 1913:

1913 – Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.

Sunday 20, 1904:

1904 – Aleister Crowley invokes Horus in Egypt and declares the start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon Of The Crowned And Conquering Child.

Monday 20, 1899:

1899 – At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.

Tuesday 20, 1883:

1883 – Signature of Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Thursday 20, 1856:

1856 – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers

Saturday 20, 1852:

1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

Monday 20, 1848:

1848 – King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.

Monday 20, 1815:

1815 – Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

Thursday 20, 1760:

1760 – The "Great Fire" of Boston destroys 349 buildings.

Friday 20, 1739:

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

Wednesday 20, 1602:

1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.

Saturday 20, 1413:

1413 – Henry V becomes King of England.

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