Today in History
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2003 The United States invade Iraq, assisted by the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland
The Iraq War, which then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called illegal, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
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1995 Japanese terrorists release poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway
Twelve people were killed and thousands were injured after members of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo planted sarin-laced containers on five different trains.
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1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry
Following their wedding in Gibraltar, the artists spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam with a week-long Bed-In for Peace.
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1916 Albert Einstein presents his general theory of relativity
The revolutionary theory describes the interdependence of matter and space and time on the one hand, and matter and space and time on the other. It is one of the most influential physics theories.
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1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The anti-slavery narrative was crucial in setting the stage for the American Civil War.
Births On This Day, March 20
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1984 Fernando Torres
Spanish footballer
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1959 Sting
American wrestler
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1957 Spike Lee
American actor, director, screenwriter, producer
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1939 Brian Mulroney
Canadian politician 18th Prime Minister of Canada
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1828 Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian poet, playwright, director
Deaths On This Day, March 20
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2004 Juliana of the Netherlands
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1925 George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
English politician, Governor-General of India
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1897 Apollon Maykov
Russian poet
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1793 William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Scottish judge, politician
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1726 Isaac Newton
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, theologian
