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Birthday March 12, 1685 George Berkeley, Irish philosopher & Bishop of Cloyne |
Birthday March 12, 1806 Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady |
Birthday March 12, 1821 Sir John Abbott, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92) |
Birthday March 12, 1831 Clement Studebakerk, automobile pioneer |
Birthday March 12, 1832 Charles Boycottk, estate manager, Ireland, caused boycotts |
Birthday March 12, 1921 Gordon MacRaek, singer |
Birthday March 12, 1921 Italian auto titan Gianni Agnelli born |
Birthday March 12, 1922 Jack Kerouac is born |
Birthday March 12, 1922 Lane Kirklandk, AFL-CIO head |
Birthday March 12, 1922 Jack Kerouack, Beat writer (Dharma Bums, On the Road) |
Birthday March 12, 1923 Wally M. Schirra, Jr., astronaut (Sigma 7, Gemini 6, Apollo 7) |
Birthday March 12, 1925 Rep Wil G Whitehurst, R-Va |
Birthday March 12, 1926 George R Ariyoshi, Hawaii Gov |
Birthday March 12, 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor |
Birthday March 12, 1927 Raul Alfonsin, Presidnet of Argentina |
Birthday March 12, 1928 Edward Albee, playwright |
Birthday March 12, 1932 Andrew Young, (D), Atlanta mayor |
Birthday March 12, 1936 Lloyd Dobyns, NBC newsman |
Birthday March 12, 1940 Millie Perkins |
Birthday March 12, 1941 Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa (Agent 99-Get Smart) |
Birthday March 12, 1942 Bert Campaneris, baseball player |
Birthday March 12, 1946 Liza Minnelli, singer/Actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret), LA |
Birthday March 12, 1947 Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn |
Birthday March 12, 1948 James Taylor, singer |
Birthday March 12, 1949 Sara Lane, NYC |
Birthday March 12, 1962 Darryl Strawberry, NY Met |
History March 12, 1664 NJ became a British colony |
History March 12, 1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence - Italy |
History March 12, 1776 Public Notice urges recognition of humane ladies |
History March 12, 1849 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif |
History March 12, 1850 1st $20 gold piece issued |
History March 12, 1864 Red River Campaign begins |
History March 12, 1868 Congress abolishes manufactures tax |
History March 12, 1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa |
History March 12, 1888 The Blizzard of 1888 |
History March 12, 1888 Chinese laborers excluded from U.S. |
History March 12, 1888 Great blizzard of '88 kill 400 in NE US |
History March 12, 1903 AL offically approves NY Highlanders (Yankees) |
History March 12, 1903 New York Highlanders join American League |
History March 12, 1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savanah Ga |
History March 12, 1917 Russian army lends support to rebels in February Revolution |
History March 12, 1925 Chinese rev leader Sun Yat-Sen died |
History March 12, 1925 1st transatlantic radio broadcast |
History March 12, 1930 Gandhi leads civil disobedience |
History March 12, 1930 Mohandas Gandhi began 200-mile march protesting British salt tax |
History March 12, 1933 FDR broadcasts first fireside chat |
History March 12, 1936 FDR's 1st "Fireside Chat" |
History March 12, 1938 Hitler announces an Anschluss with Austria |
History March 12, 1938 Germany annexes Austria |
History March 12, 1938 Germany invades Austria |
History March 12, 1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies |
History March 12, 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II |
History March 12, 1945 British Empire Day |
History March 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine is announced |
History March 12, 1958 Commonwealth Day |
History March 12, 1959 House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood |
History March 12, 1963 Bob Dylan cancels Ed Sullivan appearance |
History March 12, 1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated |
History March 12, 1968 McCarthy does well in the Democratic primary |
History March 12, 1968 Mauritius gains ind from Britain (Natl Day) |
History March 12, 1969 London police conduct drug raid at home of George Harrison |
History March 12, 1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman in London |
History March 12, 1972 Australians withdraw from South Vietnam |
History March 12, 1977 Sadat pledges to regain arab terrority from Israel |
History March 12, 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 |
History March 12, 1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station |
History March 12, 1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial - Richmond - VA |
History March 12, 1982 Richard Pryor releases Live on the Sunset Strip |
History March 12, 1986 210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange |
History March 12, 1988 Hail causes stampede at soccer match in Nepal |
History March 12, 1993 Reno sworn in as attorney general |
History March 12, 2003 Police recover Elizabeth Smart and arrest her abductors |
History March 12, 2003 The Dixie Chicks backlash begins |