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03/12/1930
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Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
Type: Event
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03/12/1930
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Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax
Type: Event
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03/12/1931
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Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1931
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William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascals)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1932
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Andrew Young, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1932
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Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
Type: Death
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03/12/1933
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FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
Type: Event
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03/12/1934
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Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
Type: Event
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03/12/1934
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Acting Pres Constantine P„ts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
Type: Event
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03/12/1934
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Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin
Type: Event
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03/12/1934
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Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1935
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England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages
Type: Event
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03/12/1935
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John Gross, author (Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1935
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Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1936
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Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1936
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Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg and Co)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1936
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Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1936
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Patrick Procktor, painter
Type: Birth
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03/12/1937
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Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93
Type: Death
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03/12/1937
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Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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03/12/1937
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Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Vijay Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Norman Hogg, British MP
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Johnny Rutherford, auto racer (26 championship races)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Dimitri Terzakis, composer
Type: Birth
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03/12/1938
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Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
Type: Event
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03/12/1939
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Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
Type: Event
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03/12/1939
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David Mlinaric, British interior director
Type: Birth
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03/12/1939
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Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1940
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Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1940
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Albert Johanneson, soccer star
Type: Birth
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03/12/1940
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Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
Type: Event
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03/12/1941
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Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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03/12/1941
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German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
Type: Event
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03/12/1942
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British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
Type: Event
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03/12/1942
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Brian O'Hara, rocker
Type: Birth
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03/12/1942
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Salvatore "the Bull" Gravano, mobster (testified against Gotti)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1942
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Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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03/12/1942
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Paul Kantner, SF Calif, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1942
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Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1943
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Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
Type: Event
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03/12/1945
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NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment
Type: Event
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03/12/1945
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Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1945
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USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
Type: Event
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03/12/1945
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Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
Type: Event
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03/12/1945
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British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day
Type: Event
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03/12/1945
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30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
Type: Event
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