• Mar 12 2005

    20 Years ago

    Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the China central government.


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  • Mar 12 2004

    21 Years ago

    Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.


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  • Mar 12 2003

    22 Years ago

    Zoran Ðindic, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.


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  • Mar 12 1999

    26 Years ago

    Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.


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  • Mar 12 1994

    31 Years ago

    The Church of England ordains its first female priests.


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  • Mar 12 1993

    32 Years ago

    Several 1993 Mumbai bombings in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.


  • Mar 12 1993

    32 Years ago

    North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.


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  • Mar 12 1992

    33 Years ago

    Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.


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  • Mar 12 1971

    54 Years ago

    The March 12 Memorandum, second intervention of Turkish Army, is sent to the Demirel government and Demirel government resigned.


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  • Mar 12 1968

    57 Years ago

    Mauritius achieves independence.


  • Mar 12 1967

    58 Years ago

    Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become List of Presidents of Indonesia of Indonesia.


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  • Mar 12 1947

    78 Years ago

    The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.


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  • Mar 12 1940

    85 Years ago

    Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population is immediately evacuated.


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  • Mar 12 1938

    87 Years ago

    ''Anschluss:'' Germany troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.


  • Mar 12 1933

    92 Years ago

    Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats."


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  • Mar 12 1930

    95 Years ago

    Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as ''Dandi March'' to the sea in defiance of United Kingdom opposition, to protest the British Empire monopoly on edible salt.


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  • Mar 12 1928

    97 Years ago

    In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.


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  • Mar 12 1918

    107 Years ago

    Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.


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  • Mar 12 1913

    112 Years ago

    Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)


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  • Mar 12 1912

    113 Years ago

    The Girl Guide and Girl Scout (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.


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