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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48144)3/20/2005 3:32:19 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
March 20:

Vernal equinox and International Earth Day (2005), Palm Today in history-Sunday in Western Christianity (2005), Independence Day in Tunisia (1956)

1413 - Henry V became King of England.

1602 - The Dutch East India Company was established.

1933 - The construction of the first Nazi German concentration camp at Dachau was completed.

1987 - The antiretroviral drug AZT became the first antiviral medication approved for use against HIV and AIDS.

1995 - The Aum Shinrikyo sect carried out a poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, killing 12 people and injuring more than 6,000 with sarin.