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March 20th, 2006EventCyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country s banana crop.
March 20th, 2006EventOver 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby.
March 20th, 2005EventA magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.
March 20th, 2004EventStephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party s first leader.
March 20th, 2003Event2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
March 20th, 2000EventJamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff s deputy dead.
March 20th, 1999EventLegoland California, the first and only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.
March 20th, 1993EventAn IRA bomb explodes in Warrington, northwest England, killing two children.
March 20th, 1990EventFerdinand Marcos s widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
March 20th, 1988EventEritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People s Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.

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