
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). There are 294 days remaining. ==Events== *515 BC - Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem. *1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Kingdom of Great 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 United Kingdom opposition, to protest the British monopoly on edible 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:'' Germany troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day. *1940 - Winter War: Finland signs a Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) 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 Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (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, Korea kills 68. * 1967 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become List of Presidents of Indonesia of Indonesia. *1968 - Mauritius achieves independence. *1987 - Les Misérables (musical) 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 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. *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. ==Births== *1270 - Charles of Valois, French royal (d. 1325) *1386 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Ashikaga shogun (d. 1428) *1607 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist, (d. 1676) *1626 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) *1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671) *1685 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian, (d. 1753) *1718 - Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798) *1806 - Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States, (d. 1863) *1831 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (d. 1901) *1824 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887) *1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (d. 1938) *1888 - Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer, (d. 1950) *1895 - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948) *1896 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada, (d. 1893) *1912 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet *1918 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989) *1921 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (d. 2003) *1921 - Gordon MacRae, American singer, actor, (d. 1986) *1922 - Jack Kerouac, American writer, (d. 1969) *1922 - Lane Kirkland, American union leader (d. 1999) *1923 - Wally Schirra, astronaut *1925 - Harry Harrison, American science fiction author *1928 - Edward Albee, American dramatist *1932 - Andrew Young, American civil rights activist, politician, and ambassador to the United Nations *1932 - Barbara Feldon, American actress *1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer *1941 - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model *1942 - Ratko Mladic, Republika Srpska leader *1945 - Sammy Gravano, American gangster *1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress *1947 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist, (d. 1987) *1948 - James Taylor, American musician *1950 - Jon Provost, American actor *1953 - Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author *1953 - Ron Jeremy, actor *1957 - Steve Harris (musician), English musician (Iron Maiden (band)) *1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer (The Jackson 5) *1962 - Darryl Strawberry, baseball player *1963 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner *1965 - Steve Finley, Major League Baseball player *1969 - Graham Coxon, German drummer *1979 - Pete Doherty, English singer and guitarist (The Libertines and Babyshambles) ==Deaths== *604 - Pope Gregory I *1507 - Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1475) *1889 - Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia *1925 - Sun Yat Sen, China revolutionary, politician (b. 1866) *1935 - Michel Pupin, telephone pioneer *1937 - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (b. 1844) *1943 - Gustav Vigeland, Norway sculptor *1944 - Werner Drechsler, German prisoner of war *1944 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861) *1945 - Anne Frank, diarist (b. 1929) *1947 - Winston Churchill (novelist), American novelist (b. 1871) *1948 - William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895) *1955 - Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophone (b. 1920) *1978 - John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935) *1984 - Arnold Ridley, United Kingdom playwright and actor (b. 1896) *1985 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (b. 1899) *1987 - Woody Hayes, college American football coach (b. 1913) *1989 - Maurice Evans (actor), British actor (b. 1901) *1990 - Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926) *1995 - Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949) *1998 - Beatrice Wood, artist/ceramist (b. 1893) *1999 - Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist (b. 1916) *2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933) *2001 - Robert Ludlum, author of spy novels (b. 1927) *2002 - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932) *2003 - Ronnie Burk, surrealism and AIDS activist *2003 - Zoran Djindjic, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952) *2003 - Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914) *2003 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Catholic Church - Feast day of St Theophanes *Mauritius - National Day *Sweden - Namesday of Crown Princess Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, an Flag days in Sweden *Ancient Latvia - Gregoru Diena observed == Fiction == * In Stephen King's ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,'' the character Andy Dufresne escapes from Shawshank Prison on March 12, 1975. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/3/12 Today in History: March 12] ---- March 11 - March 13 - February 12 - April 12 -- historical anniversaries bs:Mart 12
--User:Maveric149 23:18, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:March 12 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:March 12 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:March_12_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- er, mav: "The steam engine is used for the first time (North Arlington, New Jersey." Steam engine seems to disagree. -- User:Tarquin 23:05 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) :There probably other mistakes too (my source for these events isn't the greatest - if you know of a more reliable one than On-This-Day.com please mention it). This is just my first step in a day update: Tomorrow I'm going to check each entry for accuracy and then update the corresponding year and subject pages. I usually find several mistakes or misplaced entries. --User:Maveric149 23:13 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) Ah. ok. you've got it all under control :-) -- User:Tarquin 23:16 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) (I thought you got your info for the day's events from the MavChip(TM) you had implanted .... ;-)
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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. ==Events== *515 BC - Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem. *1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Kingdom of Great 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 United Kingdom opposition, to protest the British monopoly on edible 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:'' Germany troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day. *1940 - Winter War: Finland signs a Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) 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 Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (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, Korea kills 68. * 1967 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become List of Presidents of Indonesia of Indonesia. *1968 - Mauritius achieves independence. *1987 - Les Misérables (musical) 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 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. *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. ==Births== *1270 - Charles of Valois, French royal (d. 1325) *1386 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Ashikaga shogun (d. 1428) *1607 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist, (d. 1676) *1626 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) *1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671) *1685 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian, (d. 1753) *1718 - Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798) *1806 - Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States, (d. 1863) *1831 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (d. 1901) *1824 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887) *1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (d. 1938) *1888 - Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer, (d. 1950) *1895 - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948) *1896 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada, (d. 1893) *1912 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet *1918 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989) *1921 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (d. 2003) *1921 - Gordon MacRae, American singer, actor, (d. 1986) *1922 - Jack Kerouac, American writer, (d. 1969) *1922 - Lane Kirkland, American union leader (d. 1999) *1923 - Wally Schirra, astronaut *1925 - Harry Harrison, American science fiction author *1928 - Edward Albee, American dramatist *1932 - Andrew Young, American civil rights activist, politician, and ambassador to the United Nations *1932 - Barbara Feldon, American actress *1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer *1941 - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model *1942 - Ratko Mladic, Republika Srpska leader *1945 - Sammy Gravano, American gangster *1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress *1947 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist, (d. 1987) *1948 - James Taylor, American musician *1950 - Jon Provost, American actor *1953 - Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author *1953 - Ron Jeremy, actor *1957 - Steve Harris (musician), English musician (Iron Maiden (band)) *1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer (The Jackson 5) *1962 - Darryl Strawberry, baseball player *1963 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner *1965 - Steve Finley, Major League Baseball player *1969 - Graham Coxon, German drummer *1979 - Pete Doherty, English singer and guitarist (The Libertines and Babyshambles) ==Deaths== *604 - Pope Gregory I *1507 - Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1475) *1889 - Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia *1925 - Sun Yat Sen, China revolutionary, politician (b. 1866) *1935 - Michel Pupin, telephone pioneer *1937 - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (b. 1844) *1943 - Gustav Vigeland, Norway sculptor *1944 - Werner Drechsler, German prisoner of war *1944 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861) *1945 - Anne Frank, diarist (b. 1929) *1947 - Winston Churchill (novelist), American novelist (b. 1871) *1948 - William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895) *1955 - Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophone (b. 1920) *1978 - John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935) *1984 - Arnold Ridley, United Kingdom playwright and actor (b. 1896) *1985 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (b. 1899) *1987 - Woody Hayes, college American football coach (b. 1913) *1989 - Maurice Evans (actor), British actor (b. 1901) *1990 - Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926) *1995 - Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949) *1998 - Beatrice Wood, artist/ceramist (b. 1893) *1999 - Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist (b. 1916) *2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933) *2001 - Robert Ludlum, author of spy novels (b. 1927) *2002 - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932) *2003 - Ronnie Burk, surrealism and AIDS activist *2003 - Zoran Djindjic, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952) *2003 - Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914) *2003 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Catholic Church - Feast day of St Theophanes *Mauritius - National Day *Sweden - Namesday of Crown Princess Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, an Flag days in Sweden *Ancient Latvia - Gregoru Diena observed == Fiction == * In Stephen King's ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,'' the character Andy Dufresne escapes from Shawshank Prison on March 12, 1975. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/3/12 Today in History: March 12] ---- March 11 - March 13 - February 12 - April 12 -- historical anniversaries bs:Mart 12
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--User:Maveric149 23:18, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:March 12 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:March 12 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:March_12_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- er, mav: "The steam engine is used for the first time (North Arlington, New Jersey." Steam engine seems to disagree. -- User:Tarquin 23:05 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) :There probably other mistakes too (my source for these events isn't the greatest - if you know of a more reliable one than On-This-Day.com please mention it). This is just my first step in a day update: Tomorrow I'm going to check each entry for accuracy and then update the corresponding year and subject pages. I usually find several mistakes or misplaced entries. --User:Maveric149 23:13 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) Ah. ok. you've got it all under control :-) -- User:Tarquin 23:16 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) (I thought you got your info for the day's events from the MavChip(TM) you had implanted .... ;-)
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