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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/1852" title="1852">1852</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe" title="Harriet Beecher Stowe">Harriet Beecher Stowe</a>'s novel <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin" title="Uncle Tom's Cabin">Uncle Tom's Cabin</a></b></i>, which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery in the United States</a>, was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Club_of_Chicago" title="Arts Club of Chicago">Arts Club of Chicago</a></b> hosted the opening of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso" title="Pablo Picasso">Pablo Picasso</a>'s first solo United States showing, entitled <i>Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – Germany issued <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania" title="1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania">an ultimatum</a></b> to Lithuania, demanding the return of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Region" title="Klaipėda Region">Klaipėda Region</a> under threat of invasion.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: After being forced to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur%27s_escape_from_the_Philippines" title="Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines">flee the Philippines for Australia</a></b>, US Army general <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a></b> announced: "I came through and I shall return."</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>: Two children were killed by the second of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bombings" title="Warrington bombings">two bomb attacks</a></b> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a>, England.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wareru" title="Wareru">Wareru</a></b>   (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1253); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Geleerd" title="Elisabeth Geleerd">Elisabeth Geleerd</a></b>   (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1909); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillur_Rahman" title="Zillur Rahman">Zillur Rahman</a></b>   (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>