440 Historic Events for March 12
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| 1884 |
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Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
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| 1885 |
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Rapha‰l HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Hall Johnson, composer
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| 1888 |
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2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
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| 1888 |
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Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
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| 1889 |
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Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
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| 1889 |
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Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
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| 1889 |
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Philip Guedalla, historian
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| 1889 |
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Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth
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| 1890 |
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Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28]
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| 1890 |
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A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour
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| 1891 |
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Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist
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| 1894 |
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Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
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| 1896 |
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Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great
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| 1896 |
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1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
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| 1897 |
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Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
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| 1898 |
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Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
David Croll, QC senator
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer
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| 1900 |
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President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein
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| 1901 |
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Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
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| 1902 |
Death |
John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
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| 1903 |
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NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
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| 1904 |
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Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
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| 1904 |
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1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
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