THE DATES YOU MUST KNOW IN HISTORY ARCHIVE

March 20, 1995
- A nerve gas attack occurred on the Tokyo Subway system during
rush hour resulting in 12 persons killed and 5,000 injured. (Japanese religious cult suspected in the attack)

March 20, 1916
- Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity

March 20, 1727
- English physicist/astronomer , Sir Isaac Newton, died in London at age 84

March 20, 1899
- Martha M. Place of Brooklyn, N.Y., because the first woman to be executed in the electric chair. She was put to death at Sing Sing for the murder of her stepdaughter.

March 20, 1990
- Ferdinand Marcos' widow, Imelda Marcos, went on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.

March 20, 1792
- In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approved the use of the guillotine.

March 4, 1665
- English King Charles II declares war on Netherlands

March 4, 1801
- Thomas Jefferson is the first president inaugurated in Washington D.C.

March 4, 1809
- Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes

March 4, 1849
- U.S. had no president,
Polk's, term ends on a Sunday,
Taylor couldn't be inaugurated,
Senator David Atchison's (President protempore) term ended March 3rd.

March 4, 1972
- Libya and U.S.S.R. signs cooperation treaty

March 4, 1980
- Robert Mugabe wins election to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister