Editing Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 12

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File:FDRfiresidechat2.jpg|Franklin D. Roosevelt after one of his fireside chats
File:St Francis Dam crop.jpg|St. Francis Dam
File:Harry S. Truman.jpg|Harry S. Truman
File:Edward Hughes - Juliette Gordon Low - Google Art Project.jpg|Juliette Gordon Low, by Edward Hughes
File:Mahatma & Sarojini Naidu 1930.JPG|Mahatma Gandhi (left) and Sarojini Naidu (right)
File:Mahatma & Sarojini Naidu 1930.JPG|Gandhi and [[Sarojini Naidu]] on the Salt March
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| '''[[Arbor Day]]''' in China and Taiwan; 
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| '''[[World Day Against Cyber Censorship]]'''; 
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| [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Mauritius]]''' ([[1968]])
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| [[510s BC|515 BCE]] – Construction of the '''[[Temple in Jerusalem]]''' was completed.
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| [[538]] – [[Vitiges]], [[Germanic kingship|king]] of the [[Ostrogoths]], ended his '''[[Siege of Rome (537–538)|siege of Rome]]''', leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, [[Belisarius]].
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| [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Army]] began the ill-fated '''[[Red River campaign]]''', in which not a single objective was fully accomplished.
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| [[1870]] – The '''[[Bulgarian Exarchate]]''', the official name of the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] before its [[autocephaly]] was recognized by the other [[Eastern Christianity|Orthodox churches]] in the 1950s, was established by the [[firman]] of [[Ottoman dynasty|Sultan]] [[Abdülaziz]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
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| [[1912]] – [[Juliette Gordon Low]] founded a youth organization for girls that grew into the '''[[Girl Scouts of the USA]]'''.
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| [[1921]] – The [[Turkish Grand National Assembly]] adopted '''''[[İstiklal Marşı]]''''' as the national anthem, with lyrics written by poet [[Mehmet Akif Ersoy]] and music by [[Zeki Üngör]].
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| [[1928]] – The failure of the '''[[St. Francis Dam]]''' northwest of [[Los Angeles]] resulted in a flood that killed 400 people.
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| [[1938]] – Austria was '''[[Anschluss|occupied]]''' by the [[Wehrmacht]], and subsequently became [[Ostmark (Austria)|Ostmark]], a province within the [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]. 
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|[[1986]] – South Korean film director [[Shin Sang-ok]] and his ex-wife, actress [[Choi Eun-hee]], who had been '''[[Abduction of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee|abducted]]''' by North Korea to make propaganda films, escaped while in [[Vienna]].
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| [[1989]] – [[Tim Berners-Lee]] submitted a memorandum at [[CERN]] with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the '''[[World Wide Web]]'''.
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| [[1993]] – A series of '''[[1993 Bombay bombings|thirteen coordinated bomb explosions]]''' took place in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, killing over 250 civilians and injuring over 700 others.
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| [[1993]] – The '''[[1993 Storm of the Century|Storm of the Century]]''' formed over the [[Gulf of Mexico]]; at its height its effects were directly experienced by nearly 40 percent of the United States' population.
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|  [[2003]] – '''[[Zoran Đinđić]]''', the prime minister of Serbia, [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|was assassinated]] in [[Belgrade]].
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| [[2004]] – The [[National Assembly of South Korea]] voted to impeach President '''[[Roh Moo-hyun]]''' on charges of illegal electioneering and incompetence, a move that was largely opposed by the public.
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| '''[[Charles Boycott]]'''<!--English estate manager--> |b|1832|
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==Eligible==
* [[1622]] – '''[[Ignatius of Loyola]]''' and '''[[Francis Xavier]]''', founders of the [[Jesuits]], were [[canonization|canonized]] by [[Pope Gregory&nbsp;XV]].
* [[1913]] – At a ceremony at [[Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Kurrajong Hill]], [[Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman|Lady Denman]], wife of Governor-General [[Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman|Lord Denman]], announced that the future capital of Australia would be called '''[[Canberra]]'''.
* [[1930]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi]] began the '''[[Salt March]]''' ''(pictured)'', a 24-day [[Nonviolence|nonviolent]] walk to defy the [[History of the salt tax in British India|British salt tax]] in [[colonial India]]. 
* [[1933]] – U.S. president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]<!-- ''(pictured)''--> delivered the first of his '''[[fireside chats]]''', addressing the nation directly via radio.
* [[1934]] – Supported by the Estonian army, '''[[Konstantin Päts]]''' staged a coup d'état, beginning the [[Era of Silence]]<!--not bold, multiple issues-->.
* [[1940]] – The [[Moscow Peace Treaty]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> was signed, ending the '''[[Winter War]]''' between Finland and the Soviet Union.
* [[2014]] – A gas leak caused '''[[2014 East Harlem gas explosion|an explosion]]''' in [[East Harlem]], New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Symeon the New Theologian]]'''<!--Byzantine monk--> |d|1022|'''[[Stefan Dragutin]]'''<!--Serbian king--> |d|1316|'''[[William Lyon Mackenzie]]'''<!--Canadian journalist--> |b|1795|  '''[[Lilian Faithfull]]'''<!--English educator--> |b|1865| '''[[Lise Tréhot]]'''<!--French model--> |d|1922|'''[[Jack Kerouac]]'''<!--American writer--> |b|1922| '''[[Wally Schirra]]'''<!--American astronaut--> |b|1923|  '''[[Jessica Hardy]]'''<!--American swimmer--> |b|1987| '''[[Lazare Ponticelli]]'''<!--French soldier--> |d|2008

==Notes==
* [[1997 military memorandum]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/February 28|February 28]], so 1971 Turkish coup d'état should not appear in the same year
* [[Great Sheffield Flood]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 11|March 11]], so St Francis Dam should not appear in the same year
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'''[[March 12]]'''
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* [[1537]] – [[Croatian–Ottoman wars]]: After the execution of feudal lord [[Petar Kružić]], [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Croatian]] forces at [[Fortress of Klis|Klis]] '''[[Siege of Klis|surrendered]]''' to the Ottoman forces in exchange for their safe passage to northern locations. 
* [[1881]] – '''[[Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)|Andrew Watson]]''' ''(pictured)'' captained the [[Scotland national football team]] against [[England national football team|England]], becoming the world's first black international [[Association football|footballer]].
* [[1947]] – [[Cold War]]: U.S. president [[Harry S. Truman]] proclaimed the '''[[Truman Doctrine]]''' to help stem the spread of [[communism]].
* [[1952]] – British diplomat '''[[Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay|Lord Ismay]]''' was appointed the first [[Secretary General of NATO|secretary general of NATO]].
* [[1971]] – The [[Turkish Armed Forces]] executed a "'''[[1971 Turkish military memorandum|coup by memorandum]]'''", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister [[Süleyman Demirel]].
* [[2006]] – U.S. Army soldiers '''[[Mahmudiyah rape and killings|gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her]]''' along with her family members.

{{Born and died list| '''[[William Henry Perkin]]'''<!--Engish chemist--> |b|1838| '''[[Gemma Galgani]]'''<!--Italian mystic/saint--> |b|1878|'''[[Zhao Wei]]'''<!--Chinese actress--> |b|1976| '''[[Arina Tanemura]]'''<!--Japanese artist-->|b|1978| }}

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