Friday, March 20, 2026

History for March 20

History for March 20 - On-This-Day.com 
B.F. Skinner 1904
  • 1792 - In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approved the use of the guillotine.
  • 1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group.
  • 1933 - The first German concentration camp was completed at Dachau.
  • 1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy called on the U.S. to close all bases in Taiwan.
  • 1995 - In Tokyo, 12 people were killed and more than 5,500 others were sickened when packages containing the nerve gas Sarin was released on five separate subway trains. The terrorists belonged to a doomsday cult in Japan.

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