📜 This Day in History

March 20

• 1602The Dutch East India Company, the first company to issue stock, was established.
• 1852Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, was published.
• 1890Emperor Wilhelm II dismissed Otto von Bismarck as the chancellor of the German Empire.
• 1939Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the return of the Klaipėda Region under threat of invasion.
• 1987The antiretroviral drug zidovudine became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.
• 2014Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.

Born on this day

• 43 BCOvid, Roman poet (died 17)
• 1828Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (died 1906)
• 1976Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (died 2017)
• 1984Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer