- 1800 Alessandro Volta writes to the Royal Society, in London, announcing his invention of the electric battery, called a voltaic pile; makes significant new electric experiments possible.
- 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, second only to the Bible in sales in that century; inspired many against slavery in America.
- 1916 Albert Einstein publishes his General Relativity Theory in Annalen der Physik.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Today in History: March 20
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