WillDekkard
03-12-2010, 04:15 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- March 12th
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* 538 Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
* 1622 Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is canonized a saint by the Catholic Church.
* 1664 New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
* 1689 The Williamite war in Ireland begins.
* 1832 The Filippo Taglioni ballet La Sylphide receives its premiθre performance at the Paris Opιra.
* 1868 Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
* 1881 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
* 1894 In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
* 1912 The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
* 1913 Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)
* 1918 Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
* 1928 In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.
* 1930 Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Dandi March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
* 1933 Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats".
* 1934 Konstantin Pδts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
* 1938 Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria.
* 1940 Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
* 1947 The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
* 1964 New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first state to sell lottery tickets in the modern era.
* 1966 Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
* 1968 Mauritius achieves independence.
* 1971 The March 12 Memorandum, is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
* 1990 Viston Smith joins Intel.
* 1992 Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
* 1993 Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), 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 its nuclear sites.
* 1993 The Blizzard of 1993 Snow would begin to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm would last another 30 hours before it left the US.
* 1994 The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
* 1999 Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
* 2003 Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
* 2003 Missing teen Elizabeth Smart is found in Sandy, Utah.
* 2004 A President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, 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, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.
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- March 12th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 538 Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
* 1622 Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is canonized a saint by the Catholic Church.
* 1664 New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
* 1689 The Williamite war in Ireland begins.
* 1832 The Filippo Taglioni ballet La Sylphide receives its premiθre performance at the Paris Opιra.
* 1868 Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
* 1881 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
* 1894 In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
* 1912 The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
* 1913 Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)
* 1918 Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
* 1928 In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.
* 1930 Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Dandi March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
* 1933 Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats".
* 1934 Konstantin Pδts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
* 1938 Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria.
* 1940 Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
* 1947 The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
* 1964 New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first state to sell lottery tickets in the modern era.
* 1966 Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
* 1968 Mauritius achieves independence.
* 1971 The March 12 Memorandum, is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
* 1990 Viston Smith joins Intel.
* 1992 Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
* 1993 Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), 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 its nuclear sites.
* 1993 The Blizzard of 1993 Snow would begin to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm would last another 30 hours before it left the US.
* 1994 The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
* 1999 Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
* 2003 Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
* 2003 Missing teen Elizabeth Smart is found in Sandy, Utah.
* 2004 A President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, 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, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.
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