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This day in history: March 20

1. 1939

   Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the return of the Klaipėda Region under threat of invasion.

2. 1942

   World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines for Australia, US Army general Douglas MacArthur announced: "I came through and I shall return."

3. 1944

   World War II: U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel.

4. 1987

   The antiretroviral drug zidovudine became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.

5. 1993

   The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England.

6. 2010

   Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland began a series of volcanic events, later disrupting air travel across Europe.

7. 2014

   Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.

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