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

1800Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London

1815Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule

1852Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)

1868Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville, Kentucky, of $14,000

1890German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

1906George Bernard Shaw's "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" premieres in London

1937Franco offensive at Guadalajara, Spain

1942Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return"

1965Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the "New York Amsterdam News"

1968LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money

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

1983Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1988Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open

1988Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1989Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1990LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33

1990Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident

1991Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records

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

1994Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

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

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

200418th Soul Train Music Awards: R. Kelly, Janet Jackson, Outkast & Beyoncé win

On This Day In History
Date Event
Mar 20, 141
6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 
Mar 20, 1345
Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" 
Mar 20, 1525
Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants 
Mar 20, 1569
Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé 
Mar 20, 1598
French King Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty 
Mar 20, 1600
The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. 
Mar 20, 1602
United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 
Mar 20, 1616
Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 
Mar 20, 1627
France & Spain sign accord for fighting protestantism 
Mar 20, 1697
Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 
Mar 20, 1739
Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. 
Mar 20, 1760
Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 
Mar 20, 1800
French army defeats Turks at Helipolis & advance to Cairo 
Mar 20, 1800
Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London 
Mar 20, 1814
Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands 
Mar 20, 1815
Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 
Mar 20, 1816
US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 
Mar 20, 1833
US & Siam sign commercial treaty 
Mar 20, 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) 
Mar 20, 1861
An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina. 
Mar 20, 1863
Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals 
Mar 20, 1865
2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC 
Mar 20, 1865
Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives 
Mar 20, 1868
Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville, Kentucky, of $14,000 
Mar 20, 1883
Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 
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