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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_20" title="March 20">March 20</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1724" title="1724">1724</a> – Following the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XIII" title="Pope Innocent XIII">Pope Innocent XIII</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1724_papal_conclave" title="1724 papal conclave">a papal conclave</a></b> convened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> to elect a new pope.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_Mendoza_earthquake" title="1861 Mendoza earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> occurred in the Argentine province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza_Province" title="Mendoza Province">Mendoza</a>, causing at least 6,000 deaths and destroying most of the buildings in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina" title="Mendoza, Argentina">the province's capital city</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> commissioned its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_(CV-1)" title="USS Langley (CV-1)">USS <i>Langley</i></a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marines</a> made a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_on_Emirau" title="Landing on Emirau">landing on Emirau Island</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago" title="Bismarck Archipelago">Bismarck Archipelago</a> to develop an airbase as part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cartwheel" title="Operation Cartwheel">Operation Cartwheel</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_drug" title="Antiviral drug">antiretroviral drug</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine" title="Zidovudine">zidovudine</a></b> became the first treatment approved by the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> militants killed nine civilians in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_shooting" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting">a mass shooting</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul_Serena_Hotel" title="Kabul Serena Hotel">Kabul Serena Hotel</a> in Afghanistan.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Menten" title="Maud Menten">Maud Menten</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1879); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Brown_(politician)" title="Willie Brown (politician)">Willie Brown</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1934); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Torres" title="Fernando Torres">Fernando Torres</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1984); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christel_Boom" title="Christel Boom">Christel Boom</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2004)</p>
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