Notable Historical Events on March 12th
March 12th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
538 |
Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius. |
1054 |
Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome |
1088 |
Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, succeeding Victor III |
1144 |
Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II |
1350 |
Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples |
1365 |
University of Vienna founded |
1455 |
First record of Johann Gutenberg's Bible, letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the bible printed a year before |
1496 |
Jews are expelled from Syria |
1572 |
Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal |
1594 |
Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies |
1597 |
England routes troops to Amiens |
1609 |
Bermuda becomes an English colony |
1619 |
Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia |
1622 |
Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint |
1642 |
Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand |
1664 |
1st naturalization act in American colonies |
1664 |
New Jersey becomes a British colony |
1689 |
Former English King James II lands in Ireland |
1737 |
Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy |
1755 |
1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine |
1773 |
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago |
1794 |
Theatre Royal in London's Dury Lane opens after being rebuilt |
1799 |
Austria declares war on France |
1832 |
The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris. |
1848 |
2nd republic established in France |
1849 |
1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif |
1850 |
1st US $20 gold piece issued |
1857 |
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice |
1860 |
Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists |
1867 |
Last French troops leave Mexico |
1868 |
Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa (later renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho) |
1868 |
US Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax |
1868 |
Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. |
1877 |
Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony, Southern Africa. |
1881 |
Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain. |
1884 |
Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women |
1888 |
2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die) |
1889 |
Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated |
1889 |
Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth |
1894 |
Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday |
1894 |
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. |
1896 |
1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) |
1897 |
Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal" premieres in Brussells |
1900 |
President Steyn of Orange Free state flees from Bloemfontein |
1901 |
Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) |
1903 |
NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL |
1904 |
1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport) |
1904 |
Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund |
1905 |
The continuing strikes and disorders that unsettle Italy force out Premier Giovanni Giolitti, though he will return in March, 1906 |
1906 |
Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast |
1908 |
Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games |
1908 |
The Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Struggle for Macedonia. |
1909 |
Alarmed over increasing German naval strength, Parliament passes a new naval appropriations bill |
1910 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 |
1912 |
Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low |
1912 |
Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC |
1912 |
Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Botev Plovdiv |
1913 |
Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid |
1916 |
French airship sinks British submarine D3 |
1917 |
[OS Feb 27] Russian Duma sets up the Provisional Committee; Soviets form Executive Committee |
1917 |
Stalin, Kamenev & Muranov arrives in Petrograd/St Petersburg |
1919 |
Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) |
1919 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit" premieres in NYC |
1925 |
British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement |
1926 |
Denmark begins unilateral disarmament |
1926 |
Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium |
1928 |
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people. |
1930 |
Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax |
1930 |
Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1) |
1933 |
FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat" |
1934 |
Acting Pres Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia |
1934 |
Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail |
1934 |
Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler" premieres in Berlin |
1935 |
England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages |
1938 |
Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) |
1939 |
Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies |
1940 |
Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus |
1941 |
German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands |
1942 |
British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal |
1943 |
Soviet troops liberate Wjasma |
1945 |
30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers |
1945 |
Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy |
1945 |
NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment |
1945 |
USSR returns Transylvania to Romania |
1946 |
Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland |
1947 |
"Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances |
1947 |
Belgian government of Huysmans resigns |
1947 |
Pres Harry Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism |
1948 |
-5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March |
1950 |
Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III |
1950 |
Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" |
1951 |
Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office |
1951 |
Communist troops driven out of Seoul |
1954 |
1st performance of Arnold Schoenberg's "Moses und Aaron" |
1956 |
Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) |
1957 |
German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions |
1958 |
British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" |
1959 |
Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections |
1959 |
US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood |
1961 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open |
1962 |
Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia |
1963 |
Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold |
1964 |
6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2 |
1964 |
Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years |
1964 |
SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie" premieres in NYC |
1964 |
WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
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 |
1966 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1967 |
Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet |
1967 |
Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority |
1968 |
Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
1968 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1969 |
11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins |
1969 |
120 cannabis joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home |
1970 |
US lowers voting age from 21 to 18 |
1971 |
Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president |
1971 |
Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army |
1971 |
Thousands of Belfast shipyard workers march demanding the introduction of Internment for members of the Irish Republican Army |
1972 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open |
1972 |
NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons |
1974 |
Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Wash |
1975 |
Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam |
1976 |
South African troops leave Angola |
1977 |
Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party |
1977 |
Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel |
1978 |
Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99) |
1978 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic |
1980 |
Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago |
1980 |
NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin |
1981 |
Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station |
1981 |
Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC |
1981 |
Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, VA |
1982 |
1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands |
1982 |
PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" |
1983 |
Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) |
1984 |
National Union of Mine Workers in Britain begins a 51 week strike |
1984 |
British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships |
1985 |
Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points |
1985 |
11th People's Choice Awards: Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Joan Collins & Linda Evans win (TV) |
1986 |
210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange |
1986 |
Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
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 |
1989 |
15th People's Choice Awards: Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Phylicia Rashad win (TV) |
1989 |
2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia) |
1989 |
Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election |
1990 |
LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland |
1991 |
5th Soul Train Music Awards: Johnny Gill, Mariah Carey win |
1991 |
OPEC announces oil production cut to 22.3 Mbbl/d (3,550,000 m3/d) |
1992 |
Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. |
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 |
1993 |
Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech |
1994 |
Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests |
1995 |
Congress party loses India national election |
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 Championship at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny |
1995 |
Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain |
1995 |
Letitia Vriesde runs South American 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) |
1996 |
Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy |
1998 |
"Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC |
1999 |
Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO. |
2003 |
Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade. |
2003 |
Elizabeth Smart, was found after having been missing for 9 months. |
2004 |
Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history. |
2005 |
Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government. |
2011 |
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake. |
2012 |
100 people are killed in ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan |
2012 |
45 people, including children, are massacred by the Syrian Army in Homs |
2012 |
China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade |
2013 |
JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits |
2013 |
The 2013 Papal conclave begins with no new Pope elected on the first day |
2014 |
8 people are killed, 70 are injured, & 2 buildings are leveled by a gas explosion in East Harlem, New York |
2016 |
Iraqi Officials: IS Chemical Attacks Kill Child, Wound 600 |
2016 |
North Korea Warns of Pre-emptive Strikes Against the South |
2016 |
Honduras reports death of man with suspected Zika link |
2016 |
North Korea submarine 'missing' as US-South Korea drills continue |
2016 |
Police Use Pepper Spray to Disperse Protesters Outside Trump Rally in Kansas City |
2016 |
NASA Says Scott Kelly, Record-Setting Astronaut, Will Retire |
2016 |
Snowmobile 'driven into dog-sleds' in Alaska Iditarod race |
2018 |
All five passengers died after helicopter crashes in New York City's East River |
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