March 12

Today's Events

  • 1664
    NJ became a British colony
  • 1737
    Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence - Italy
  • 1849
    1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
  • 1850
    1st $20 gold piece issued
  • 1868
    Congress abolishes manufactures tax
  • 1877
    British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
  • 1888
    Great blizzard of '88 kill 400 in NE US
  • 1903
    AL offically approves NY Highlanders (Yankees)
  • 1912
    Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savanah Ga
  • 1925
    1st transatlantic radio broadcast
  • 1925
    Chinese rev leader Sun Yat-Sen died
  • 1930
    Mohandas Gandhi began 200-mile march protesting British salt tax
  • 1936
    FDR's 1st "Fireside Chat"
  • 1938
    Germany invades Austria
  • 1939
    Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
  • 1940
    Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II
  • 1945
    British Empire Day
  • 1958
    Commonwealth Day
  • 1959
    House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
  • 1963
    Bob Dylan cancels Ed Sullivan appearance
  • 1966
    Pioneer Plaza dedicated
  • 1968
    Mauritius gains ind from Britain (Natl Day)
  • 1969
    Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman in London
  • 1977
    Sadat pledges to regain arab terrority from Israel
  • 1980
    Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33
  • 1981
    Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
  • 1981
    Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial - Richmond - VA
  • 1986
    210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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