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Iwo Jima secured after 25 days of fighting in 1945
The Associated Press recaps pivotal world events from March 20 across decades. Iwo Jima was declared secure in 1945 after 25 days of combat. North and Poindexter indicted in 1988. Rwanda mass trials began in 1998. Gemini VIII linking in 1966 amid an emergency landing. Amex founded in 1850. Leonov spacewalk in 1965. OAPEC embargo ended in 1974. Gardner Museum art theft in 1990. Uncle Tom’s Cabin noted in 1852. New Orleans fire of 1788. Alcatraz closure in 1963. Carter boycott in 1980. Twitter founded in 2006. first US full face transplant in 2011.
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U.S
Iwo Jima
Oliver North
John Poindexter
Rwanda
David R. Scott
Neil A. Armstrong
Pacific Ocean
Navy
American Express Company
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Voskhod-2
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAPEC
United States
Europe
Japan
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston
New Orleans
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Jimmy Carter
Brigham and Women’s Hospital