Page 6: Historical Events In March - 12

1919  Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) on March - 12.   

1921  Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers) on March - 12.   

1924  On March - 12 hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies   

1925  British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement on March - 12.   

1925  Death of Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary leader on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Gordon McRae, American actor   

1925  British govt of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement on March - 12.   

1925  On March - 12 sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58   

1926  Denmark begins unilateral disarmament on March - 12.   

1928  In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people on March - 12.   

1930  On March - 12 mahatma Gandhi began a march to the sea, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India   

1930  Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history the so-called "Swedish Match King", Ivar Kreuger, commits suicide in Paris, leaving behind a financial empire that turns out to be worthless   

1932  On this day in history ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide   

1933  On this day in history fDR announces the "New Deal."   

1933  On this day in history fDR conducts his first "fireside chat"   

1933  On this day in history fDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"   

1934  On March - 12 acting President Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia   

1934  Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail on March - 12.   

1934  On March - 12 acting Pres Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia   

1935  England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns &villages on March - 12.   

1935  England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages on this day in history.   

1937  On March - 12 charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93   

1938  Germans enter Vienna, and 183,000 Jews in Austria fall under Nazi control. Within one month, 500 Jews commit suicide on March - 12.   

1938  On this day in history nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)   

1939  Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies on March - 12.   

1940  On March - 12 finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus   

1940  On March - 12 finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus   

1941  German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands on March - 12.   

1941  On March - 12 charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72   

1942  On this day in history british troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal   

1942  The birth of Brian O'Hara, Lead singer with the 'Fourmost' group on March - 12.   

1942  Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1943  Soviet troops liberate Wjasma on this day in history.   

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1270  On this day in history birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

1336  On this day in history birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on March - 12.   

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.   

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  On March - 12 birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)   

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.   

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

1209  On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on March - 12.   

1374  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  On this day in history death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on this day in history.