This Day in History
20 Mar 1345
Saturn Jupiter and Mars-conjunction thought cause of plague epidemic
20 Mar 1525
Paris parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
20 Mar 1569
Duke of Alva leads tenth penning in Les Ponts de C
20 Mar 1600
The Linkping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linkping Sweden
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Republican Party founded
In Ripon Wisconsin former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party...
Nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway
At the height of the morning rush hour in Tokyo Japan five two-man terrorist teams from the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult riding on separate subway trains co...
Henry V ascends upon father’s death
King Henry IV the first English monarch of the Lancastrian dynasty dies after years of illness and his eldest son Henry ascends to the English throne.In 13...
LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama to protect a civil rights march
On this day in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabamas Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama Nat...
Retired Marine Commandant comments on conduct of war
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Shoup estimates that up to 800000 men would be required just to defend South Vietnamese population centers. He ...
Americans alarmed about impending French defeat
After a force of 60000 Viet Minh with heavy artillery had surrounded 16000 French troops news of Dien Bien Phus impending fall reaches Washington.Fre...
Babe Didrikson goes to the mound for Philly
On March 20 1934 Mildred Babe Didrikson pitches one inning of exhibition baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics in a game against the Brooklyn ...
LBJ pledges federal troops to Alabama civil-rights march
On this day in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson sends a telegram to Governor George Wallace of Alabama in which he agrees to send federal troops to supervise a...
Ned Buntline born
Ned Buntline the dime millionaire and discoverer of Buffalo Bill is born in Stamford New York.Perhaps more than any single writer Ned Buntline...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published
Harriet Beecher Stowes anti-slavery novel Uncle Toms Cabin is published. The novel sold 300000 copies within three months and was so widely r...
20th annual Academy Awards celebrated
Hollywoods elite braved freezing temperatures and strong winds to attend the 20th annual Academy Awards ceremony which took place on this day in 1948 a...
Black Death is created, allegedly
According to scholars at the University of Paris the Black Death is created on this day in 1345 from what they call a triple conjunction of Saturn Jup...
Tokyo subways are attacked with sarin gas
Several packages of deadly sarin gas are set off in the Tokyo subway system killing twelve people and injuring over 5000. Sarin gas was invented by the Nazis a...
Khrushchev begins his rise to power
The Soviet government announces that Nikita Khrushchev has been selected as one of five men named to the new office of Secretariat of the Communist Party. Khrus...
Willie and Tad Lincoln get the measles
On this day in 1861 President Abraham Lincolns sons Willie and Tad are diagnosed with the measles adding to the presidents many troubles.Few...
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