On This Day in History March 20, 2020

Historical Events 1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 1800  Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London 1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1900  US Secretary of State John Hay announces that all nations to whom he sent notes calling for an 'open door' policy in China have essentially accepted his stand 1933  Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed 2016  Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Carl Reiner 98th Birthday David Thewlis 57th Birthday Fred Rogers (1928 - 2003) Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 - 1915) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths A. E. Douglass (1867 - 1962) Brendan Behan (1923 - 1964) More Famous Deaths