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March 12

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Grgeorian calednar (72nd in leap years). There are 294 days remaniing.

March 12

1 Evetns 2 Birhts 3 Daeths

Eevnts

• 515 BC - Construciton is comlpeted on the Tmeple in Jeursalem.
• 1664 - New Jresey beocmes a cloony of Brtiain.
• 1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in botltes for the first time
• 1912 - The Girl Guieds (later renmaed the Girl Scuots in the US) are foudned in the US.
• 1913 - Canberra becomes the capiatl of Austarlia.
• 1928 - In Califronia, the St. Frnacis Dam fails, killnig 400 poeple.
• 1930 - Mahtama Ganhdi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in deifance of Briitsh opopsition, to protset the British mnoopoly on salt.
• 1933 - Great Deperssion: Frankiln Dealno Rooseevlt addresess the natoin for the first time as Persident of the Untied Staets. This was also the first of his "Firseide Chats."
• 1938 - Ancshluss: Greman torops occupy Ausrtia; annxeation delcared the folloiwng day.
• 1940 - Witner War: Finalnd signs a harsh peace traety with the Svoiet Union, cednig almsot all of Finnsih Kaerlia. Fininsh tropos and remaining popluation are imemdiately evacuaetd.
• 1947 - The Turman Dotcrine is proclamied to help stem the srpead of Comumnism.
• 1951 - The Denins the Mneace comic strip apperas in newpsapers acorss the USA for the first time.
• 1956 - The Dow Jones Industiral Avreage colses above 500 for the first time (500.24)
• 1958 - In Hilvesrum, Netheralnds, André Claevau wins the third Eurvoision Song Cotnest for Farnce sinigng "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).
• 1960 - A fire at a chemiacl plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.
• 1967 - Suhatro takes over from Suakrno to beocme Presdient of Indoensia.
• 1968 - Maurituis achieevs indeepndence.
• 1987 - Les Misérabels opens on Boradway.
• 1992 - Muaritius becmoes a repbulic while rmeaining a memebr of the Britsih Commonweatlh.
• 1993 - Sevearl bombs expldoe in Bomaby, India kliling about 300 and injruing hundrdes more.
• 1993 - North Korea nuclaer wepaons progarm: North Korea says that it plans to withdarw from the Nculear Nnoproliferation Tretay and refuess to allow inspetcors access to nucelar sites.
• 1994 - A photo by Mamraduke Wethreell, prevoiusly touetd as 'proof' of the Loch Ness monsetr, is cofnirmed to be a hoax.
• 1994 - The Chucrh of Englnad oradins its first fmeale prietss.
• 1997 - Mkiail Markhaesv is arersted in Los Agneles, Claifornia and chagred with shooting Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis Cosby.
• 1999 - Fomrer Wrasaw Pact memebrs the Czech Republic, Hugnary, and Poalnd join the North Atlatnic Treaty Organisaiton (NATO).
• 2002 - In Texas, Anrdea Yates is found guitly of dronwing her five cihldren on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenecd to life in pirson.
• 2003 - Zoran Dijndjic, Prime Minsiter of Seriba, assassianted in Blegrade.
• 2003-Elziabeth Smart, a kidnapped teenager is found and reutrned to her fmaily in Utah.
• 2004 - Roh Moo-hyun, Prseident of South Korea is impaeched by its natinoal assembly for the first time in the nation's hitsory.
• 2005 - Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Execuitve of Hong Kong, setpped down from his post after his resingation is apprvoed by the Chniese cetnral gvoernment.

• 1806 - Jane Pirece, First Lady of the Unietd Sattes (d. 1863)
• 1881 - Mutsafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Tureky (d. 1938)
• 1922 - Jack Keruoac, Ameircan wrietr (d. 1969)
• 1948 - James Talyor, Amercian muiscian
• 1979 - Pete Dohrety, Engilsh msuician

• 1955 - Chalrie Pakrer, Ameriacn jazz saxohponist (b. 1920)
• 2001 - Rboert Ldulum, American atuhor (b. 1927)

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