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What happened in history on this day: March 12?
On March 12 in ...
- 1865 - Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri.
- 1894 - In Vicksburg, Mississippi, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
- 1904 - Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund.
- 1906 - The Denver Mint begins its first production of coins, 1906 gold $10 eagles.
- 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in Savannah, Georgia, in the United States, by Juliette Gordon Low.
- 1933 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or "fireside chat," broadcast directly from the White House.
- 1945 - New York is first to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment.
- 1947 - US President Harry Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism.
- 1950 - US Congress charters the Girl Scouts of the USA.
- 1956 - Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for first time (500.24).
- 1959 - US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood.
- 1964 - 6th Grammy Awards: "Days of Wine and Roses", Streisand win.
- 1964 - Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam.
- 1964 - The first legal lottery in the USA in the twentieth century is the New Hampshire Sweepstakes. Draws are held twice per year, at a cost of $3 per ticket. The lottery commission pays US$500,000 to the IRS as a ten percent wagering excise tax.
- 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - 11th Grammy Awards: "Mrs Robinson", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" win.
- 1974 - Donna Manson disappears from Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington (Ted Bundy victim).
- 1980 - Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1981 - Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1987 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average removes Owens-Illinois Glass and Inco from its index, replacing them with Coca-Cola and Boeing Company.
- 1987 - Les Miserables opens at Broadway/Imperial theater in New York City for 4000+ performances.
- 1987 - US Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North.
- 1989 - Two cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1993 - Janet Reno is sworn-in as the first female Attorney General of the United States.
- 1997 - Mikail Markhasev is arrested in Los Angeles, California and charged with shooting Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis Cosby.
- 2001 - The US Mint releases the North Carolina quarter dollar to circulation.
- 2002 - In Houston, Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 2007 - Representative Ron Paul of Texas announces his candidacy for President of the US in 2008.
- 2008 - Oil hits a record US$110 per barrel.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama signs a US$410 billion bill to fund most government operations through September 30.
- 2009 - Swiss drugmaking company Roche Holding announces it will acquire the remaining 44 percent of American biotechnology company Genentech stock for US$46.8 billion.
- 2009 - Bernard Madoff, former Nasdaq stock market chairman, pleads guilty to eleven charges of running a US$171 billion worldwide Ponzi scheme, the biggest investment fraud in Wall Street history.
Births on March 12
- 1806 - Birth of Jane Means Appleton in Hampton, New Hampshire; spouse of 14th US President Franklin Pierce.
- 1908 - Birth of Inez Courtney in New York City, New York, USA; actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven).
- 1910 - Birth of Tony "Two-Ton" Galento in Orange, New Jersey, USA; boxer/actor (On the Waterfront).
- 1912 - Birth of Paul Weston in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour).
- 1921 - Birth of Gordon MacRae in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel).
- 1921 - Birth of Ralph Shapey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Fantasy, Rituals).
- 1922 - Birth of Helen Parrish in Columbus, Georgia, USA; actress (Hour Glass, Show Business).
- 1923 - Birth of Walter M Schirra Jr in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7).
- 1926 - Birth of Hildy Park in Washington, DC, USA; actress (To Tell the Truth).
- 1928 - Birth of Edward Albee in Washington DC, USA playwright (Virginia Woolfe, Zoo Story).
- 1930 - Birth of Scoey Mitchill in Newburgh, New York, USA; comedian (Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda).
- 1936 - Birth of Lloyd Dobbins in Newport News, Virginia, USA; newscaster (NBC News Overnight).
- 1939 - Birth of Barbara Feldon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Agent 99 - Get Smart).
- 1940 - Birth of Al Jarreau in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; jazz singer ("Moonlighting").
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Kantner in San Francisco, California, USA; rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit", "Somebody To Love").
- 1946 - Birth of Liza Minnelli in Hollywood, California, USA; singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret).
- 1947 - Birth of Jill O'Hara in Warren, Pennsylvania, USA; Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!).
- 1948 - Birth of James Taylor in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; vocalist/guitarist ("Up on the Roof").
- 1949 - Birth of Bill Payne in Waco, Texas, USA; rock keyboardist (Little Feat - Time Loves a Hero).
- 1949 - Birth of Sara Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Elizabeth Grainger - The Virginian).
- 1951 - Birth of Caren Kaye in New York City, New York, USA; actress (My Tutor, Bambi - Blansky's Beauties).
- 1956 - Birth of Dale Murphy in Portland, Oregon, USA; Atlanta Braves slugger (two time National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1957 - Birth of Jerry Levine in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; actor (Born on 4th of July).
- 1957 - Birth of Marlon D Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer (Jackson 5 - "Maybe Tomorrow").
- 1960 - Birth of Courtney B Vance in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Hamburger Hill).
- 1962 - Birth of Darryl Strawberry in Los Angeles, California, USA; right fielder (New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees).
- 1963 - Birth of Candy Costie in Seattle, Washington, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1963 - Birth of Julia Campbell in Huntsville, Alabama, USA; actress (Opportunity Knocks).
- 1965 - Birth of Molly Van Nostrand in West Islip, New York, USA; tennis star.
- 1965 - Birth of Steve Finley in Union City, Tennessee, USA; outfielder (San Diego Padres).
- 1966 - Birth of Erich Fischer in Dinuba, California, USA; US Olympics water polo forward (Olympics-1992).
- 1971 - Birth of Greg Hansell in Bellflower, California, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins).
- 1972 - Birth of Alisa Castillo; Miss Nevada-USA (1996).
- 1978 - Birth of Cristina Teuscher in New Rochelle, New York; 4 x 200 metre freestyle (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1994 - Birth of Tanveer K. Atwal, American actress.
Deaths on March 12
- 1902 - John Peter Altgeld, German/US Governor of Illinois, dies at age 54.
- 1950 - L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at age 78.
- 1955 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies in New York City, New York at age 34.
- 1967 - Death of American Isaac Scott Hathaway, "the Dean of Negro Ceramics".
- 1971 - Actor David Burns dies onstage of a heart attack at age 70 during a performance of 70 Girls 70 in Philadelphia.
- 1985 - Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at age 85 (born 1899).
- 1995 - Death of Juanin Clay, American actress (born 1949).
- 1998 - Death of Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (born 1893).
- 1999 - Death of Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (born 1916).
- 2001 - Death of Morton Downey Jr., American television personality (born 1933).
- 2001 - Death of Robert Ludlum, American author (born 1927).
- 2001 - Death of Ann Sothern, American actress (born 1909).
- 2003 - Death of Lynne Thigpen, American actress (born 1948).
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