440 Historic Events for March 12
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| 1930 |
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Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
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| 1930 |
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Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascals)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Andrew Young, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta)
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| 1932 |
Death |
Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
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| 1933 |
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FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
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| 1934 |
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Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
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| 1934 |
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Acting Pres Constantine P„ts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
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| 1934 |
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Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields)
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| 1935 |
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England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages
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| 1935 |
Birth |
John Gross, author (Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg and Co)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Patrick Procktor, painter
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| 1937 |
Death |
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93
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| 1937 |
Death |
Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Vijay Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Norman Hogg, British MP
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting)
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