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Today in History

March 20
1815

After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

1890

Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.

1921

The Upper Silesia plebiscite, mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland, is held.

1956

Tunisia gains independence from France.

2012

At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.

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