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{{*mp}} [[1881]] - '''[[Andrew Watson]]''' made his debut with the [[Scotland national football team]] and became the world's first [[Black people|black]] international [[football (soccer)|football]] player. | |||
{{*mp}} [[1930]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] began the '''[[Salt Satyagraha|Dandi March]]''', a 24-day, 320-km walk to defy the [[British Empire|British]] [[tax]] on [[Sodium chloride|salt]] in [[colonial India]] ''(pictured)''. | {{*mp}} [[1930]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] began the '''[[Salt Satyagraha|Dandi March]]''', a 24-day, 320-km walk to defy the [[British Empire|British]] [[tax]] on [[Sodium chloride|salt]] in [[colonial India]] ''(pictured)''. | ||
{{*mp}} [[1938]] - '''[[Anschluss|Anschluss Österreichs]]''': [[Austria]] was [[military occupation|occupied]] by the [[Wehrmacht]], and subsequently became [[Ostmark]], a [[province]] within the [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]. | {{*mp}} [[1938]] - '''[[Anschluss|Anschluss Österreichs]]''': [[Austria]] was [[military occupation|occupied]] by the [[Wehrmacht]], and subsequently became [[Ostmark]], a [[province]] within the [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 11 March 2007
March 12: Commonwealth Day (2007); Independence Day in Mauritius (1968); Arbor Day in China.
Template:*mp 1881 - Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national football team and became the world's first black international football player. Template:*mp 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi began the Dandi March, a 24-day, 320-km walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India (pictured). Template:*mp 1938 - Anschluss Österreichs: Austria was occupied by the Wehrmacht, and subsequently became Ostmark, a province within the German Reich. Template:*mp 1940 - The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. Template:*mp 2003 - Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated in Belgrade.
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