March 12
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March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). There are 294 days remaining.
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[change] Events
- 515 BC – Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
- 1664 – New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain.
- 1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time
- 1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts in the US) are founded in the US.
- 1913 – Canberra becomes the capital of Australia.
- 1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing 400 people.
- 1930 – Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
- 1933 – Great Depression: Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats."
- 1938 – Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
- 1940 – Winter War: Finland signs a harsh peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
- 1947 – The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
- 1951 – The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the USA for the first time.
- 1956 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time (500.24)
- 1958 – In Hilversum, Netherlands, André Claveau wins the third Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).
- 1960 – A fire at a chemical plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.
- 1967 – Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
- 1968 – Mauritius achieves independence.
- 1987 – Les Misérables opens on Broadway.
- 1992 – Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the British Commonwealth.
- 1993 – Several bombs explode in Bombay, India killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
- 1993 – North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.
- 1994 – A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, previously touted as 'proof' of the Loch Ness monster, is confirmed to be a hoax.
- 1994 – The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
- 1997 – Mikail Markhasev is arrested in Los Angeles, California and charged with shooting Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis Cosby.
- 1999 – Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
- 2002 – In Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 2003 – Zoran Djindjic, Prime Minister of Serbia, assassinated in Belgrade.
- 2003 – Elizabeth Smart, a kidnapped teenager is found and returned to her family in Utah.
- 2004 – Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.
- 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, stepped down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.
[change] Births
- 1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)
- 1685 – George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (d. 1753)
- 1710 – Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
- 1806 – Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
- 1821 – John Abbott, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
- 1824 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
- 1832 – Charles Boycott, British land agent (d. 1897)
- 1863 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer and politician (d. 1938)
- 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey (d. 1938)
- 1884 – Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
- 1889 – Thorbergur Thordarson, Icelandic writer (d. 1974)
- 1890 – King Idris of Libya (d. 1983)
- 1910 – Masayoshi Ohira, Japanese statesman (d. 1980)
- 1919 – Michael Stepovich, Territorial Governor of Alaska, last-surviving territorial Governor in the US
- 1921 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (d. 2003)
- 1922 – Jack Kerouac, American writer (d. 1969)
- 1923 – Wally Schirra, American astronaut (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Hanne Hiob, German actress (d. 2009)
- 1926 – George Ariyoshi, American politician, former Governor of Hawaii
- 1927 – Raul Alfonsin, President of Argentina (d. 2009)
- 1928 – Edward Albee, American dramatist
- 1940 – Al Jarreau, American singer
- 1940 – M. A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
- 1946 – Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
- 1946 – Frank Welker, American actor
- 1947 – Mitt Romney, American politician
- 1947 – Peter Harry Carstensen, German politician, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1948 – James Taylor, American musician
- 1950 – Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager
- 1952 – Yasuhiko Okudera, Japanese footballer
- 1953 – Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
- 1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
- 1956 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager
- 1957 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer
- 1957 – Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician
- 1962 – Andreas Koepke, German footballer
- 1962 – Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
- 1963 – Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
- 1968 – Aaron Eckhart, American actor
- 1972 – Hector Luis Bustamente, Colombian actor
- 1979 – Pete Doherty, English musician
- 1979 – Shaun Rodgers, American football player
- 1982 – Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
- 1985 – Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1986 – Danny Jones, English singer (McFly)
[change] Deaths
- 1648 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist and poet (b. 1571)
- 1832 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (b. 1786)
- 1872 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)
- 1898 – Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
- 1916 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (b. 1830)
- 1925 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (b. 1866)
- 1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
- 1955 – Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1920)
- 1991 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist (b. 1900)
- 1991 – William Heinesen, Faroese writer, poet and artist (b. 1900)
- 1998 – Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
- 1999 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
- 2002 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Zoran Djindjic, President of Serbia and Montenegro (b. 1952)
- 2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French supercentenarian and World War I veteran (b. 1897)
- 2010 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer (b. 1920)
[change] Observances
- National Day of Mauritius
