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Events from History on March 12

1054 : Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome
1144 : Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callist
1350 : Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples
1365 : University of Vienna founded
1496 : Jews are expelled from Syria
1572 : Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lus¡ados" in Portugal
1587 : English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tow
1594 : Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
1597 : England routes troops to Amiens
1609 : Bermuda becomes an English colony
1619 : Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia
1622 : Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint
1642 : Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1664 : 1st naturalization act in American colonies
1664 : New Jersey becomes a British colony
1689 : Former English King James II lands in Ireland
1737 : Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1755 : 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
1773 : Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Ch
1789 : US Post Office established
1799 : Austria declares war on France
1848 : 2nd republic established in France
1849 : 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
1850 : 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1857 : Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice
1860 : Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonis
1865 : Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri
1867 : Last French troops leave Mexico
1868 : Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa
1868 : Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
1868 : Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa
1877 : British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
1877 : Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony
1884 : Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
1888 : 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
1889 : Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defe
1889 : Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth
1894 : Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Fr
1896 : 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
1897 : Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
1900 : President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein
1901 : Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Gr
1903 : NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1904 : 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
1904 : Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1906 : Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
1908 : Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games
1910 : Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
1912 : Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1912 : Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon
1912 : Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
1913 : Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
1916 : French airship sinks British submarine D3
1917 : Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Sovi
1917 : Stalin, Kamenev & Muranov arrives in St Petersburg
1919 : Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Ge
1919 : George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in NYC
1925 : British govt of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1926 : Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
1926 : Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
1930 : Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British sal
1930 : Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
1933 : FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
1934 : Acting Pres Constantine P„ts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1934 : Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
1934 : Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin
1935 : England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages
1938 : Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1939 : Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
1940 : Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isth
1941 : German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1942 : British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1943 : Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1945 : 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
1945 : British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day
1945 : Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945 : NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employme
1945 : USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1946 : Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1947 : "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performa
1947 : Belgian govt of Huysmans resigns
1947 : Pres Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1950 : Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1950 : Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
1951 : Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in off
1951 : Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1954 : 1st performance of Arnold Sch”nberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1956 : Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1957 : German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
1958 : British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
1959 : Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
1959 : US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1962 : Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1963 : Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963 : Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1964 : 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964 : Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964 : Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1964 : SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in NYC
1964 : WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 : Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
1966 : Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1966 : Love's 1st album released "Love"
1966 : Pioneer Plaza dedicated [SF?]
1966 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 : Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
1967 : Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
1968 : Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1968 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 : 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix w
1969 : 120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home
1969 : Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1970 : US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1971 : Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca P‚rez Morena de Macias
1971 : Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president
1971 : Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
1974 : Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Was
1975 : Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
1976 : South African troops leave Angola
1977 : #5454 Kojiki & #6218 Mizushima
1977 : Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party
1977 : Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1977 : Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1978 : Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1980 : Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
1980 : NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
1981 : Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981 : Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC
1981 : Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond,
1982 : 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands
1982 : PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1983 : Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1984 : British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters
1984 : Coal Miners' strike ended
1984 : National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
1984 : to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1985 : Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1986 : 210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986 : Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
1987 : "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ perfs
1987 : Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
1987 : Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva & Grinkov
1987 : Men's Fig Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser
1987 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1989 : 15th People's Choice Awards
1989 : 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)
1989 : Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
1990 : LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1991 : 5th Soul Train Music Awards
1993 : 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
1993 : Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
1993 : Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show
1993 : Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2« week speech
1994 : Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
1995 : Congress party loses India national election
1995 : Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov
1995 : Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Nov
1995 : Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain
1995 : Letitia Vriesde runs S Amer indoor record 800m (2:00.35)
1995 : Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko
1995 : Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu
1996 : Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Troph
1998 : "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC

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