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History Events on March 12

By  Joy Campbell  12 Mar   77 Views

History Events on March 12

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Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.

#Andrew_Watson_(footballer,_born_1856)

In 1881

The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

#Girl_Guides

In 1912

Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile.

#Spanish_Empire

In 1550

Robert Holmes attacks a Dutch trade convoy, the Smyrna fleet, beginning the Rampjaar.

#Robert_Holmes_(Royal_Navy_officer)

In 1672

American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River.

#American_Civil_War

In 1864

Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

#Ignatius_of_Loyola

In 1622

A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.

#Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant

In 2011

Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.

#Mauritius

In 1968

Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".

#Great_Depression

In 1933

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.

#Winter_War

In 1940

A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

#2014_East_Harlem_gas_explosion

In 2014

North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

#North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

In 1993

WHO officially release global warning on pandemic SARS disease.

#World_Health_Organization

In 2003

Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

#Mauritius

In 1992

Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.

#Mahatma_Gandhi

In 1930

In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

#European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Act_2018

In 2019

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

#Warsaw_Pact

In 1999

Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

#Cold_War

In 1947

The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.

#Kapp_Putsch

In 1920

The Church of England ordains its first female priests.

#Church_of_England

In 1994

The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time.

#Llandow_air_disaster

In 1950

Konstantin Päts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.

#Konstantin_Päts

In 1934

The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: The first such impeachment in the nation's history.

#President_of_South_Korea

In 2004

The Williamite War in Ireland begins.

#Williamite_War_in_Ireland

In 1689

Zoran ?in?i?, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.

#Zoran_?in?i?

In 2003

Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

#Moscow

In 1918

World War II: Pacific War: The Battle of Java ends with an ABDACOM surrender to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.

#World_War_II

In 1942

Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.

#Anschluss

In 1938

Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.

#Peninsular_War

In 1811

Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the MPRS inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.

#Suharto

In 1967

Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenharn.

#Coca-Cola

In 1894

In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.

#California

In 1928

Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.

#Vitiges

In 538

Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street's history.

In 2009

Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.

In 1993

The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Suleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.

In 1971

First winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger.

In 1961

Italian occupation of Greece: The Italian occupying forces abandon the town of Karditsa to the partisans. On the same day, an Italian motorized column razes the village of Tsaritsani, burning 360 of its 600 houses and shooting 40 civilians.

In 1943

Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan form the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.

In 1922

?stiklâl Mar?? is adopted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

In 1921

Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)

In 1913

Tonkin Campaign: France captures the citadel of B?c Ninh.

In 1885

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