Historical Events on March 20

Albert Einstein

Here are some historical events that have occurred on March 20th:

1854 - The Republican Party is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA.

1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

1923 - The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of the first showing of Pablo Picasso's work in the United States.

1933 - Giuseppe Zangara is executed in the electric chair for attempting to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1948 - The Soviet Union announces that it has withdrawn its troops from Korea, which had been in place since the end of World War II.

1965 - Civil rights activists begin a historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, USA, in support of voting rights for African Americans.

1985 - Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

1995 - The Tokyo subway sarin attack: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas on the Tokyo subway system, killing 13 people and injuring over a thousand.

1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

2003 - The United States launches Operation Iraqi Freedom, beginning the invasion of Iraq.

2015 - A solar eclipse, the last total solar eclipse of the 21st century, occurs over the North Atlantic Ocean, the Faroe Islands, and Svalbard.

2019 - The United States announces the recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

These are just a few events from history that took place on March 20th. There are many more significant occurrences throughout the years on this date!