History Events on March 20

A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a Supermoon all occur on the same day.

#Solar_eclipse_of_March_20,_2015

Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.

#Legoland_California

Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed emperor.

#Maximinus_Thrax

The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.

#Security_Treaty_Between_the_United_States_and_Japan

Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honsh? is founded.

#Fujiyoshida

The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.

#Romen_Theatre

Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.

#Walter_Raleigh

The Dutch East India Company is established.

#Dutch_East_India_Company

The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598-1599).

#Linköping_Bloodbath

Four suspected Taliban members attack the luxurious Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.

#Taliban

World War II: 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".

#World_War_II

The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.

#Arts_Club_of_Chicago

The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.

#Food_and_Drug_Administration

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

#Albert_Einstein

Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.

#Reichsführer-SS

With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.

#Guangxu_Emperor

The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.

#The_Troubles

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

#USS_Langley_(CV-1)

Prime minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.

#German_Empire

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

#Ferdinand_Marcos

The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.

#Republican_Party_(United_States)

Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.

#Emperor_Tenmu

An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.

#1861_Mendoza_earthquake

Tunisia gains independence from France.

#Tunisia

The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.

#Upper_Silesia_plebiscite

Invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.

#2003_invasion_of_Iraq

Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.

#Eritrean_War_of_Independence

Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby.

#Chad

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

#Harriet_Beecher_Stowe

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.

#The_Troubles

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

#Elba

At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.

The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.

Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.

Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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

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.

Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.

German revolutions of 1848-49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.

The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.

Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.