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March 20 Major Events in World History

March 20, 2026
1760 The Great Boston Fire of 1760 devastates Boston on 20 March 1760, destroying approximately 349 buildings in the worst urban fire to date in colonial America.

March 9 in Science History: Discoveries, Scientists and Breakthroughs

March 9, 2025
1676 Cotton Mather is born on March 9, 1676. The American minister later promoted smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston after learning of the practice from the Ottoman world, helping reduce mortality during the 1721 epidemic.
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