On this day: March 20
POSTED: 12:31 PM Mar 15 2013
UPDATED: 1:00 AM Mar 20 2013
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Napoleon returns to Paris, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published, the Republican Party is born, John and Yoko get hitched, and Janis Joplin hits No. 1 posthumously, all on this day.
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1413: Henry V ascends to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry IV. Henry rapidly assumed control of the country and embarked on war with France. From an unassuming start, his military successes in the Hundred Years' War, culminating with his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt, saw him come close to conquering France.
