Here are some historical events that occurred on March 20 in the United States:
- 1727: Physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton dies in London at the age of 84.
- 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte returns to Paris after escaping exile on the island of Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period before his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
- 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published, becoming a bestseller and sparking controversy over slavery.
- 1922: The Treaty of Moscow is signed, officially ending the Russo-Polish War of 1919-1920.
- 1965: The United States sends its first combat troops to Vietnam, marking a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in the conflict.
- 1985: Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, covering 1,135 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
- 1995: The Aum Shinrikyo cult releases sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system, killing 13 people and injuring thousands.
- 2014: Russia annexes Crimea from Ukraine, leading to international condemnation and ongoing conflict in the region.
- 2020: The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, as the virus spreads rapidly across the globe.
These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on March 20 in the United States.
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