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Revision as of 02:24, 20 August 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 (pictured), a 24-day, 320-km walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India. 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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