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It happened on a… March 20

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

2020

After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a 2-year $50m guaranteed deal.

2016

Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour.

2004

Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party’s first leader..

2003

In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.

1982

Joan Jett & Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” goes #1 for 7 weeks.

1933

Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.

1930

American fast food restaurant chain “KFC” [Kentucky Fried Chicken] is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky.

1916

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

1888

The Sherlock Holmes Adventure, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” began.