Today In History

Today is March 12

Here is what happened today.
LOCALLY:

1847	The first issue of "The Moss Covered Bucket," a newspaper advocating the principles of temperance, is published. The newspaper was discontinued two months later.
1918	Fire causes extensive damage to the Clark County Court House.

ELSEWHERE:

1998	"Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City
1998	"Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1996	Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
1995	Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship
1995	Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
1995	Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny
1995	Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain
1995	Letitia Vriesde runs S Amer indoor record 800m (2:00.35)
1995	Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
1995	Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN)
1995	Congress party loses India national election
1995	Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain
1995	Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny
1995	Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
1994	Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
1993	Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech
1993	Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2? week speech
1993	317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
1993	Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
1993	Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show
1991	5th Soul Train Music Awards
1990	Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1990	LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1989	Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
1989	15th People's Choice Awards
1989	2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)
1989	2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia
1987	"Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances
1987	Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
1987	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1987	"Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ perfs
1987	David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
1987	Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
1987	Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS)
1987	Men's Fig Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN)
1987	USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1987	Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN)
1986	210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986	Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
1986	210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1985	Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1984	National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
1984	Coal Miners' strike ended
1984	British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1984	British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1983	Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1982	PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1982	1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands
1982	1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands
1981	Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1981	Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City
1981	Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC
1981	Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981	Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, VA
1980	NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
1980	New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
1980	Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
1978	Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
1978	Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1977	Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1977	Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1977	Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party
1976	South African troops leave Angola
1975	Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
1974	Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Wash
1972	Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
1972	NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
1971	Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias
1971	Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
1971	Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president
1971	Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca P?rez Morena de Macias
1970	U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1970	US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1969	11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1969	120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home
1969	11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1969	Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1969	120 joints found at George and Patti Harrison's home
1968	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968	Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1968	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967	Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
1967	Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
1966	Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
1966	Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1966	Love's 1st album released "Love"
1966	Pioneer Plaza dedicated [SF?]
1966	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966	Pioneer Plaza dedicated
1964	WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964	SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in NYC
1964	Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1964	Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964	6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964	6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964	SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City
1963	Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963	Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1962	Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1961	Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1959	U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1959	US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1959	Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
1958	British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
1957	German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
1956	Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1954	1st performance of Arnold Sch?nberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1954	1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1951	Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
1951	Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1950	Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
1950	Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1948	-5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
1948	-5?F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
1947	"Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
1947	Pres Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1947	President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1947	Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
1947	Belgian govt of Huysmans resigns
1947	"Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances
1946	Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1945	Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945	USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1945	NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1945	New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment
1945	British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day
1945	30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
1945	U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania
1943	Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1942	British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1941	German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1940	Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
1939	Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
1938	Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1935	England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages
1935	England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages
1934	Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin
1934	Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
1934	Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1934	Acting Pres Constantine P?ts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1933	FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat
1930	Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
1930	Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax
1926	Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
1926	Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
1925	British govt of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1925	British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
1919	Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
1919	George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City
1919	George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in NYC
1917	Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg
1917	Stalin, Kamenev & Muranov arrives in St Petersburg
1917	Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
1916	French airship sinks British submarine D3
1913	Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
1912	Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1912	Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1912	Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
1912	Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City
1910	Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
1908	Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games
1906	Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
1904	Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1904	1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport)
1904	1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
1903	New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1903	NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1901	Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
1900	President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein
1897	Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
1896	1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
1894	Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday
1894	Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
1889	Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth
1889	Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth
1889	Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
1888	2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die)
1888	2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
1884	Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
1884	Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women
1877	Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony
1877	British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
1868	Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa
1868	Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
1868	Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa
1867	Last French troops leave Mexico
1865	Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri
1860	Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
1857	Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice
1850	1st US $20 gold piece issued
1850	1st U.S. $20 gold piece issued
1849	1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
1849	1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California
1848	2nd republic established in France
1799	Austria declares war on France
1789	U.S. Post Office established
1789	US Post Office established
1773	Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
1755	1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
1737	Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1689	Former English King James II lands in Ireland
1664	1st naturalization act in American colonies
1664	New Jersey becomes a British colony
1642	Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1622	Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint
1619	Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia
1609	Bermuda becomes an English colony
1597	England routes troops to Amiens
1594	Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
1587	English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
1572	Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal
1572	Lu?s Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lus?ados" in Portugal
1496	Jews are expelled from Syria
1365	University of Vienna founded
1350	Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples
1350	Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples
1144	Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II
1054	Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
1054	Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome
1000	Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III

These people died on March 12

1996	John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67
1996	Gyula Kallai, PM of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
1996	Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92
1994	Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
1993	Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
1993	June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
1993	Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83
1993	Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
1992	Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84
1992	Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70
1992	Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
1992	Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
1992	Philippe Soupault, writer, dies
1992	Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
1991	Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
1989	Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87
1988	William Camp, dies at 74
1988	Billie Rhodes, dies
1985	Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
1984	Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88
1983	Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
1982	Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
1978	Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
1978	John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41
1974	Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated
1973	Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77
1973	Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74
1973	Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57
1966	Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37
1961	Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
1958	Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79
1957	Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71
1957	Harry Dean, cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies
1955	Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
1955	Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC
1950	L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
1949	Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95
1946	Philip Merivale, dies at 59
1945	Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp
1942	Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
1941	Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
1937	Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
1937	Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93
1932	Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
1925	Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
1924	Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
1916	M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39
1914	George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
1913	Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
1909	Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34
1908	Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
1905	Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
1902	John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
1889	Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
1888	Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
1883	Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies
1877	Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52
1852	Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
1840	Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
1834	Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33
1832	Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45
1831	Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
1824	Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
1753	George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday
1734	Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
1681	French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45
1648	Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63
1628	John Bull, English organist/composer, dies
1570	Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1563	John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies
1507	Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31
1496	Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies
1471	Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies
1209	Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies
604	Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64
417	Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies

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