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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

March 20 - The Day in History

March 20 : General Interest
1965: LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama

On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama's Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomer... read more


American Revolution
1778 : King Louis XVI receives U.S. representatives
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-receives-us-representatives

Automotive
1928 : Auto pioneer James Packard dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-pioneer-james-packard-dies

Civil War
1861 : Willie and Tad Lincoln get the measles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/willie-and-tad-lincoln-get-the-measles

Cold War
1953 : Khrushchev begins his rise to power
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-begins-his-rise-to-power

Crime
1995 : Tokyo subways are attacked with sarin gas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tokyo-subways-are-attacked-with-sarin-gas

Disaster
1345 : Black Death is created, allegedly
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/black-death-is-created-allegedly

General Interest
1413 : Henry V ascends upon father's death
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-v-ascends-upon-fathers-death
1854 : Republican Party founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republican-party-founded
1995 : Nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nerve-gas-attack-on-tokyo-subway

Hollywood
1948 : 20th annual Academy Awards celebrated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/20th-annual-academy-awards-celebrated

Literary
1852 : Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published

Music
1982 : Joan Jett tops the pop charts with "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joan-jett-tops-the-pop-charts-with-quoti-love-rock-39n39-rollquot

Old West
1823 : Ned Buntline born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ned-buntline-born

Presidential
1965 : LBJ pledges federal troops to Alabama civil-rights march
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lbj-pledges-federal-troops-to-alabama-civil-rights-march

Sports
1934 : Babe Didrikson goes to the mound for Philly
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/babe-didrikson-goes-to-the-mound-for-philly

Vietnam War
1954 : Americans alarmed about impending French defeat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-alarmed-about-impending-french-defeat
1968 : Retired Marine Commandant comments on conduct of war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/retired-marine-commandant-comments-on-conduct-of-war

World War I
1915 : Britain and Russia divide future spoils of war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-russia-divide-future-spoils-of-war

World War II
1945 : British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-troops-liberate-mandalay-burma

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