On This Very Day
March 20th
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- 1703
46 of the 47 Ronin commit seppuku in the Akō incident.
- 1760
Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings.
- 1815
Napoleon enters Paris after escaping Elba, starts 100-day rule.
- 1819
London's Burlington Arcade opens, world's first shopping arcade.
- 1861
Earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
- 1947
180 tonne blue whale caught in South Atlantic, a record. View Post →
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- 1991
Michael Jackson signs $65M deal with Sony for 6 albums.
- 1999
First Legoland outside Europe opens in Carlsbad, California.
- 2003
US-led coalition invades Iraq after ultimatum expires.
- 1726
Isaac Newton, influential physicist, mathematician, dies.
- 1972
19 climbers killed in avalanche on Japan's Mount Fuji.
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