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2020

After 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl champion (a record) Tom Brady signs a two-year, $50 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

2016

Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928, during a three-day visit.

2004

Stephen Harper wins the leadership race for the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada.

2003

Early in the morning, the United States and its allies (the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland) launch military operations in Iraq.

1982

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts release the song “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” which will spend seven weeks at No. 1.

1980

The National Assembly of Quebec approves the wording of the referendum question on sovereignty-association.

1974

In James Bay, workers vandalize Hydro-Québec equipment, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage.

1933

Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.

1930

The American restaurant chain KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky.

1916

Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.

1888

The first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” is published.

It happened on… March 20

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