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*[[515 BC]] - Construction is completed on the '''[[Temple in Jerusalem]]'''. | *[[515 BC]] - Construction is completed on the '''[[Temple in Jerusalem]]'''. | ||
*[[1572]] - Publication of epic '''[[lusiadas|The Lusiad]]''' of [[Luis de Camões]]. | |||
*[[1894]] - For the first time '''[[Coca-Cola]] is sold in bottles'''. | *[[1894]] - For the first time '''[[Coca-Cola]] is sold in bottles'''. | ||
*[[1930]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] leads a '''200-mile protest march''' to the sea in defiance of [[United Kingdom|British]] opposition, to protest the British monopoly on [[salt]]. | *[[1930]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] leads a '''200-mile protest march''' to the sea in defiance of [[United Kingdom|British]] opposition, to protest the British monopoly on [[salt]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:17, 1 March 2004
On March 12:
- 515 BC - Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
- 1572 - Publication of epic The Lusiad of Luis de Camões.
- 1894 - For the first time Coca-Cola is sold in bottles.
- 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile protest march to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
- 1938 - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.