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'''[[March 12]]''': [[Independence Day]] in '''[[Mauritius]]''' ([[1968]]), '''[[Arbor Day]]''' in [[Taiwan]]. | '''[[March 12]]''': [[Independence Day]] in '''[[Mauritius]]''' ([[1968]]), '''[[Arbor Day]]''' in [[Taiwan]], '''[[Flag Day]]''' in [[Venezuela]]. | ||
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Revision as of 01:28, 14 March 2006
March 12: Independence Day in Mauritius (1968), Arbor Day in Taiwan, Flag Day in Venezuela.
- 515 BCE - Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem was completed.
- 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi began the Dandi March, a 24-day, 320-km walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India (pictured).
- 1938 - Anschluss Österreichs: Austria was occupied by the Wehrmacht, and subsequently became Ostmark, a province within the German Reich.
- 1940 - The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
- 2003 - Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated in Belgrade.
Recent days: March 11 – March 10 – March 9
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