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Today is March 12


Here is what happened today.
LOCALLY:
1847  The first issue of "The Moss Covered Bucket," a newspaper advocating the principles of temperance, is published. The newspaper was discontinued two months later.
1918  Fire causes extensive damage to the Clark County Court House.

ELSEWHERE:
1998  "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City
1998  "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1996  Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
1995  Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship
1995  Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
1995  Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny
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 (CAN)
1995  Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN)
1995  Congress party loses India national election
1995  Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain
1995  Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny
1995  Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
1994  Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech
1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2? week speech
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
1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards
1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1990  LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1989  Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
1989  15th People's Choice Awards
1989  2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)
1989  2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia
1987  "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances
1987  Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
1987  U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1987  "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ perfs
1987  David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
1987  Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
1987  Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS)
1987  Men's Fig Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN)
1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1987  Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN)
1986  210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986  Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
1986  210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1985  Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1984  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
1984  Coal Miners' strike ended
1984  British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1984  British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1983  Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1982  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1982  1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands
1982  1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands
1981  Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1981  Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City
1981  Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC
1981  Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981  Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, VA
1980  NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
1980  New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
1980  Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
1978  Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
1978  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1977  Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1977  Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1977  Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party
1976  South African troops leave Angola
1975  Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
1974  Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Wash
1972  Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
1972  NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
1971  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias
1971  Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
1971  Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president
1971  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca P?rez Morena de Macias
1970  U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1970  US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1969  11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1969  120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home
1969  11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1969  Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1969  120 joints found at George and Patti Harrison's home
1968  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968  Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1968  U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967  Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
1967  Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
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
1966  U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966  Pioneer Plaza dedicated
1964  WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964  SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in NYC
1964  Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1964  Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964  6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964  6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964  SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City
1963  Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963  Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1962  Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1961  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1959  U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1959  US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1959  Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
1958  British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
1957  German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
1956  Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1954  1st performance of Arnold Sch?nberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1954  1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1951  Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
1951  Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1950  Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
1950  Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1948  -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
1948  -5?F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
1947  "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
1947  Pres Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1947  President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1947  Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
1947  Belgian govt of Huysmans resigns
1947  "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances
1946  Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1945  Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945  USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1945  NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1945  New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment
1945  British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day
1945  30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
1945  U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania
1943  Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1942  British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1941  German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1940  Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
1939  Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
1938  Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1935  England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages
1935  England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages
1934  Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin
1934  Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
1934  Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1934  Acting Pres Constantine P?ts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1933  FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
1933  Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat
1930  Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
1930  Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax
1926  Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
1926  Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
1925  British govt of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1925  British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1919  Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
1919  George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City
1919  George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in NYC
1917  Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg
1917  Stalin, Kamenev & Muranov arrives in St Petersburg
1917  Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
1916  French airship sinks British submarine D3
1913  Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
1912  Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1912  Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1912  Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
1912  Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City
1910  Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
1908  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games
1906  Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
1904  Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1904  1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport)
1904  1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
1903  New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1903  NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1901  Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
1900  President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein
1897  Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
1896  1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
1894  Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday
1894  Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
1889  Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth
1889  Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth
1889  Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
1888  2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die)
1888  2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
1884  Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
1884  Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women
1877  Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony
1877  British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
1868  Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa
1868  Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
1868  Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa
1867  Last French troops leave Mexico
1865  Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri
1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
1857  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice
1850  1st US $20 gold piece issued
1850  1st U.S. $20 gold piece issued
1849  1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
1849  1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California
1848  2nd republic established in France
1799  Austria declares war on France
1789  U.S. Post Office established
1789  US Post Office established
1773  Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
1755  1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
1737  Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1689  Former English King James II lands in Ireland
1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies
1664  New Jersey becomes a British colony
1642  Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint
1619  Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia
1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony
1597  England routes troops to Amiens
1594  Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
1587  English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
1572  Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal
1572  Lu?s Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lus?ados" in Portugal
1496  Jews are expelled from Syria
1365  University of Vienna founded
1350  Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples
1350  Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples
1144  Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II
1054  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
1054  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome
1000  Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III


These people died on March 12


1996  John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67
1996  Gyula Kallai, PM of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
1996  Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92
1994  Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
1993  Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
1993  June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
1993  Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83
1993  Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
1992  Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84
1992  Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70
1992  Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
1992  Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
1992  Philippe Soupault, writer, dies
1992  Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
1991  Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
1989  Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87
1988  William Camp, dies at 74
1988  Billie Rhodes, dies
1985  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88
1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
1982  Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
1978  Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
1978  John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41
1974  Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated
1973  Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77
1973  Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74
1973  Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57
1966  Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37
1961  Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
1958  Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79
1957  Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71
1957  Harry Dean, cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies
1955  Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
1955  Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC
1950  L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
1949  Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95
1946  Philip Merivale, dies at 59
1945  Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp
1942  Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
1941  Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
1937  Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
1937  Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93
1932  Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
1925  Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
1924  Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
1916  M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39
1914  George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
1913  Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
1909  Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34
1908  Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
1905  Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
1902  John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
1889  Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
1888  Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
1883  Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies
1877  Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52
1852  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
1840  Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
1834  Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33
1832  Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45
1831  Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
1824  Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
1753  George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday
1734  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
1681  French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45
1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63
1628  John Bull, English organist/composer, dies
1570  Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1563  John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies
1507  Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31
1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies
1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies
1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies
604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64
417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies
 

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