440 Historic Events for March 12
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter
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| 1916 |
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French airship sinks British submarine D3
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| 1916 |
Death |
M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39
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| 1917 |
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Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
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| 1917 |
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Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St Petersburg
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Tom Normanton, British MP
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
James Bracken, race horse trainer
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| 1919 |
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George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in NYC
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| 1919 |
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Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Helen Parrish, Columbus Ga, actress (Hour Glass, Show Business)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Lane Kirkland, union president (AFL-CIO)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Norbert Brainin, violinist
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Mstislav Rostropovich
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater (Oly-gold-1952)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7)
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| 1924 |
Death |
Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
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| 1925 |
Death |
Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Georges Delerue, composer
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