Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 12

March 12: Independence Day in Mauritius (1968), Arbor Day in Taiwan, Commonwealth Day (2007).

Gandhi at the Dandi March

Template:*mp 515 BCE - Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem was completed. 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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