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Today in History: March 20

1739 In India, Nadir Shah of Persia occupies Delhi and takes possession of the Peacock throne.

1760 The Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings.

1792 In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approves the use of the guillotine.

1841 Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, considered the first detective story, is published.

1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

1918 The Bolsheviks of the Soviet Union ask for American aid to rebuild their army.

1933 Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed

1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson orders 4,000 troops to protect the Selma-Montgomery civil rights marchers.

1976 Patty Hearst is convicted of armed robbery.

1987 The United State approves AZT, a drug that is proven to slow the progress of AIDS.

2003 A US-led coalition launches a ground invasion of Iraq after an ultimatum for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq expires

2021 Overseas spectators will not be allowed to attend the Tokyo Summer Olympics due to the pandemic Japanese organizers confirm

Born on March 20

1925 John Ehrlichman, White House advisor to President Nixon.

1928 Fred Rogers, television performer (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood).

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This shutdown is bad for everyone in the service industry, but it especially sucks for men

We're losing $1 for every $.79 women are losing

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