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March 12, 1998 "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City March 12, 1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy March 12, 1995 Congress party loses India national election March 12, 1995 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship March 12, 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) March 12, 1995 Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny March 12, 1995 Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain March 12, 1995 Letitia Vriesde runs S Amer indoor record 800m (2:00.35) March 12, 1995 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) March 12, 1995 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) March 12, 1994 Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests March 12, 1993 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay March 12, 1993 Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney March 12, 1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show March 12, 1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech March 12, 1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards March 12, 1990 Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland March 12, 1989 15th People's Choice Awards March 12, 1989 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia March 12, 1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election March 12, 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances March 12, 1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game March 12, 1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North March 12, 1987 Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) March 12, 1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) March 12, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 12, 1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange March 12, 1986 Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race March 12, 1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points March 12, 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike March 12, 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships March 12, 1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) March 12, 1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands March 12, 1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" March 12, 1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station March 12, 1981 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City March 12, 1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia March 12, 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago March 12, 1980 New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin March 12, 1978 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99) March 12, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic March 12, 1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party March 12, 1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel March 12, 1976 South African troops leave Angola March 12, 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam March 12, 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open March 12, 1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons March 12, 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias March 12, 1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president March 12, 1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army March 12, 1970 U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18 March 12, 1969 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins March 12, 1969 120 joints found at George and Patti Harrison's home March 12, 1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London March 12, 1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) March 12, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 12, 1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet March 12, 1967 Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority March 12, 1966 Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record March 12, 1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) March 12, 1966 Love's 1st album released "Love" March 12, 1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated March 12, 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 12, 1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2 March 12, 1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years March 12, 1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam March 12, 1964 SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City March 12, 1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting March 12, 1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold March 12, 1963 Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance March 12, 1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia March 12, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open March 12, 1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections March 12, 1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood March 12, 1958 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" March 12, 1957 German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions March 12, 1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) March 12, 1954 1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron" March 12, 1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office March 12, 1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul March 12, 1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III March 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" March 12, 1948 -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March March 12, 1947 "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances March 12, 1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns March 12, 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism March 12, 1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland March 12, 1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers March 12, 1945 British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day March 12, 1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy March 12, 1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment March 12, 1945 U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania March 12, 1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma March 12, 1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal March 12, 1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands March 12, 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus March 12, 1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies March 12, 1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) March 12, 1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages March 12, 1934 Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia March 12, 1934 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail March 12, 1934 Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin March 12, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat March 12, 1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax March 12, 1930 Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1) March 12, 1926 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament March 12, 1926 Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium March 12, 1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement March 12, 1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) March 12, 1919 George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City March 12, 1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets March 12, 1917 Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg March 12, 1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3 March 12, 1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid March 12, 1912 Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane March 12, 1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low March 12, 1912 Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City March 12, 1910 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 March 12, 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games March 12, 1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast March 12, 1904 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport) March 12, 1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund March 12, 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL March 12, 1901 Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) March 12, 1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein March 12, 1897 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel March 12, 1896 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) March 12, 1894 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday March 12, 1889 Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated March 12, 1889 Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth March 12, 1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) March 12, 1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women March 12, 1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa March 12, 1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony March 12, 1868 Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa March 12, 1868 Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax March 12, 1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa March 12, 1867 Last French troops leave Mexico March 12, 1865 Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri March 12, 1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists March 12, 1857 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice March 12, 1850 1st U.S. $20 gold piece issued March 12, 1849 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California March 12, 1848 2nd republic established in France March 12, 1799 Austria declares war on France March 12, 1789 U.S. Post Office established March 12, 1773 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago March 12, 1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine March 12, 1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy March 12, 1689 Former English King James II lands in Ireland March 12, 1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies March 12, 1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony March 12, 1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand March 12, 1622 Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint March 12, 1619 Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia March 12, 1609 Bermuda becomes an English colony March 12, 1597 England routes troops to Amiens March 12, 1594 Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies March 12, 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower March 12, 1572 Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal March 12, 1496 Jews are expelled from Syria March 12, 1365 University of Vienna founded March 12, 1350 Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples March 12, 1144 Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II March 12, 1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome March 12, 1000 Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III |