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{{*mp}} [[1602]] &ndash; The '''[[Dutch East India Company]]''' was established.<!--Need to verify date
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| '''[[March equinox]]''' ({{nowrap|21:58 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]}}, 2019)
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| ; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Tunisia]]''' ([[1956]])
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|[[235]] – '''[[Maximinus Thrax]]'''<!-- ''(bust pictured)''--> acceded to the throne of the [[Roman Empire]] as a so-called [[barracks emperor]], who gained power by virtue of his command of the army.
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| [[1600]] – Five advisers to [[Polish–Swedish union|Polish–Swedish]] king [[Sigismund III Vasa|{{nowrap|Sigismund III}} Vasa]] were '''[[Linköping Bloodbath|publicly executed]]''', effectively ending his reign in Sweden.
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| [[1602]] – The '''[[Dutch East India Company]]'''—the first company to issue [[stock]], one of the first [[multinational corporation]]s, and possibly the first [[megacorporation]]—was established.
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| [[1815]] – After escaping from exile in [[Elba]], [[Napoleon]] entered Paris, beginning the period known as the '''[[Hundred Days]]'''.
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| [[1848]] – Due to the [[Revolutions of 1848|European Revolutions]], King '''[[Ludwig I of Bavaria|{{Nowrap|Ludwig I}} of Bavaria]]''' abdicated in favour of his son, [[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian]].
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| [[1854]] – The '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]''' was founded in [[Ripon, Wisconsin]], by politicians opposing the [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]] and the expansion of slavery in the United States.
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|[[1883]] – Eleven countries signed the '''[[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]]''', one of the first [[Intellectual property|intellectual-property]] treaties.
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|[[1995]] – The [[Aum Shinrikyo]] sect carried out '''[[Tokyo subway sarin attack|a poison gas attack]]''' on the [[Tokyo subway]], killing 12 people and injuring thousands of others with [[sarin]].
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| [[2003]] – A U.S.-led [[Multi-National Force – Iraq|coalition force]] '''[[2003 invasion of Iraq|invaded Iraq]]''', beginning the [[Iraq War]].
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| [[2006]] – '''[[Cyclone Larry]]''' made landfall in [[Far North Queensland]], eventually causing nearly {{Nowrap|[[Australian dollar|AU$]]1 billion}} in total damage and destroying over 80 percent of Australia's banana crop.
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| '''[[Ai (poet)|Ai Ogawa]]'''<!--American--> |d|2010
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{{*mp}} [[1848]] &ndash; Due to the [[Revolutions of 1848|European Revolutions]], [[King of Bavaria]] '''[[Ludwig I of Bavaria|Ludwig I]]''' of [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]] [[Abdication|abdicated]] in favour of his son, [[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian]].
* [[1760]] – '''[[Great Boston fire of 1760|A fire of unknown cause]]''' broke out in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], destroying 349 buildings.
{{*mp}} [[1914]] &ndash; One of the first international '''[[figure skating]]''' championships took place in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], [[United States|USA]].
* [[1852]] – [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s novel '''''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''''', which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and [[slavery in the United States]], was published.
* [[1923]] – The '''[[Arts Club of Chicago]]''' hosted the opening of [[Pablo Picasso]]'s first solo United States showing, entitled ''Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso''.
* [[1939]] – Germany issued '''[[1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania|an ultimatum]]''' to Lithuania, demanding the return of the [[Klaipėda Region]] under threat of invasion.
* [[1942]] – [[World War&nbsp;II]]: After being forced to '''[[Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines|flee the Philippines for Australia]]''', US Army general '''[[Douglas MacArthur]]''' ''(pictured)'' announced: "I came through and I shall return."
* [[1993]] – [[The Troubles]]: Two children were killed by the second of '''[[Warrington bombings|two bomb attacks]]''' by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] in [[Warrington]], England.
* Born/died: | '''[[Wareru]]''' <!--Burmese monarch--> |b|1253| '''[[Maurice Csák]]'''<!--Hungarian saint--> |d|1336| '''[[Muhammad bin Tughluq]]'''<!--Indian sultan--> |d|1351| '''[[Alexios III of Trebizond|{{nowrap|Alexios III}} of Trebizond]]'''<!--Post-Byzantine emperor--> |d|1390| '''[[Isaac Newton]]'''<!--English mathematician--> |d|1726/27| '''[[Adrienne Lecouvreur]]'''<!--French actress--> |d|1730|'''[[Benjamin Truman]]'''<!--English brewer--> |d|1780| '''[[James Tod]]'''<!--British scholar--> |b|1782| '''[[Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck]]'''<!--German general--> |b|1870| '''[[Amanda Clement]]'''<!--American athlete--> |b|1888| '''[[Abraham Beame]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1906| '''[[Elisabeth Geleerd]]''' <!--Dutch-American psychoanalyst --> |b|1909| '''[[Mihajlo Petrović (pilot)|Mihajlo Petrović]]'''<!--Serbian--> |d|1913| '''[[S. Arasaratnam|S.&nbsp;Arasaratnam]]'''<!--Sri Lankan historian--> |b|1930 '''[[Dorothy Campbell]]'''<!--Scottish golfer--> |d|1945| '''[[Amir Hamzah]]'''<!--Indonesian poet--> |d|1946| '''[[Zillur Rahman]]''' <!--Bangladeshi president--> |d|2013| '''[[Eva Burrows]]'''<!--Australian evangelical--> |d|2015


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* [[Napoleon]]'s escape from Elba appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 26|February 26]] so Hundred Days should not appear in the same year
'''[[March 20]]''': '''[[Equinox]]''' (05:48 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], [[2008]]); '''[[Earth Day|International Earth Day]]'''<!--([[2008]])-->, '''[[Nowruz]]''' in [[Iran]], [[Central Asia]], and [[Zoroastrianism]] ([[2008]]<!--This is the non-Gregorian-based part of Norouz that occurs on March 20, 21 or 22-->); '''[[Mawlid]]''' ([[Sunni Islam]], [[2008]]); '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' begins at dawn ([[Judaism]], [[2008]]); '''[[Purim]]''' begins at sundown ([[Judaism]], [[2008]]); '''[[Maundy Thursday]]''' ([[Western Christianity]], [[2008]]); [[Independence Day]] in '''[[Tunisia]]'''<!-- ([[1956]])-->.
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{{*mp}} [[1852]] &ndash; '''''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''''', a [[novel]] by [[United States|American]] [[author]] [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] ''(pictured)'' about [[slavery in the United States]] [[Origins of the American Civil War|before the Civil War]], was first published.
{{*mp}} [[1883]] &ndash; Eleven countries signed the '''[[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]]''', one of the first [[intellectual property]] [[treaty|treaties]].
{{*mp}} [[1987]] &ndash; The [[antiretroviral drug]] '''[[Zidovudine|zidovudine (AZT)]]''' became the first [[antiviral drug|antiviral]] [[medication]] approved for use against [[HIV]] and [[AIDS]].
{{*mp}} [[1995]] &ndash; The [[Aum Shinrikyo]] [[sect]] carried out a '''[[Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway|poison gas attack]]''' on the [[Tokyo Subway]], killing 12 people and injuring thousands of others with [[sarin]].
{{*mp}} [[2003]] &ndash; A [[Military of the United States|U.S.]]-led [[Multinational force in Iraq|coalition force]] '''[[2003 invasion of Iraq|invaded]]''' [[Iraq]], beginning the [[Iraq War]].
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* [[1724]] – Following the death of [[Pope Innocent&nbsp;XIII]], '''[[1724 papal conclave|a papal conclave]]''' convened in [[Rome]] to elect a new pope.
* [[1861]] – '''[[1861 Mendoza earthquake|An earthquake]]''' occurred in the Argentine province of [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]], causing at least 6,000 deaths and destroying most of the buildings in [[Mendoza, Argentina|the province's capital city]].
* [[1922]] – The [[United States Navy]] commissioned its first [[aircraft carrier]], '''{{USS|Langley|CV-1|6}}'''<!--[[USS Langley (CV-1)]]-->.
* [[1944]] – [[World War&nbsp;II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] made a '''[[Landing on Emirau|landing on Emirau Island]]''' in the [[Bismarck Archipelago]] to develop an airbase as part of [[Operation Cartwheel]].
* [[1987]] – The [[Antiviral drug|antiretroviral drug]] '''[[zidovudine]]''' ''(chemical structure pictured)'' became the first treatment approved by the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] for [[HIV/AIDS]].
* [[2014]] – [[Taliban]] militants killed nine civilians in '''[[2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting|a mass shooting]]''' at the [[Kabul Serena Hotel]] in Afghanistan.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Maud Menten]]'''<!--Canadian medical researcher--> |b|1879| '''[[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]]'''<!--American--> |b|1934| '''[[Fernando Torres]]'''<!--Spanish footballer--> |b|1984| '''[[Christel Boom]]'''<!--German spy--> |d|2004|}}
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This is a list of selected March 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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    Harriet Beecher Stowe
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  • An illustration from an 1880s edition of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
    An illustration from an 1880s edition of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Blurb Reason
March equinox (21:58 UTC, 2019) twelve citation-needed tags
; Independence Day in Tunisia (1956) refimprove section
235 – Maximinus Thrax acceded to the throne of the Roman Empire as a so-called barracks emperor, who gained power by virtue of his command of the army. Date not in article
1600 – Five advisers to Polish–Swedish king Sigismund III Vasa were publicly executed, effectively ending his reign in Sweden. unreferenced section
1602 – The Dutch East India Company—the first company to issue stock, one of the first multinational corporations, and possibly the first megacorporation—was established. multiple issues
1815 – After escaping from exile in Elba, Napoleon entered Paris, beginning the period known as the Hundred Days. Tagged for lack of citations
1848 – Due to the European Revolutions, King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicated in favour of his son, Maximilian. refimprove
1854 – The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, by politicians opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States. Neutrality disputed banner
1883 – Eleven countries signed the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, one of the first intellectual-property treaties. Too much uncited
Number landing not cited
1995 – The Aum Shinrikyo sect carried out a poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 12 people and injuring thousands of others with sarin. refimprove
2003 – A U.S.-led coalition force invaded Iraq, beginning the Iraq War. globalize
2006 – Cyclone Larry made landfall in Far North Queensland, eventually causing nearly AU$1 billion in total damage and destroying over 80 percent of Australia's banana crop. refimprove section
Ai Ogawa |d|2010 refimprove section

Eligible

Notes

  • Napoleon's escape from Elba appears on February 26 so Hundred Days should not appear in the same year

March 20

Chemical structure of zidovudine
Chemical structure of zidovudine
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