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News & Politics - On This Day (March 12) 
MSFixR says: 1831 - Clement Studebaker , American automobile pioneer born. (d. 1901) (An American carriage manufacturer. With his brothers, he founded H & C Studebaker Company, which built Pennsylvania-German conestoga wagons and carriages during his lifetime, and automobiles after his death, in South Bend, Indiana.)
1881 – Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national football team and became the world's first black international football player.
1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the U.S.. 1913 - Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia was officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.) 1930 – Gandhi began the Dandi March, a 24-day walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India. 1931 - Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas , American actor born. (d. 1980) (of “Our Little Rascals” and “Our Gang” fame.) "Buckwheat"
1938 – Anschluss Österreichs: Austria was occupied by the Wehrmacht, and subsequently became Ostmark, a province within the German Reich.
1940 – The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
1993 – A series of thirteen coordinated bomb explosions took place in Bombay, India, killing up to 250 civilians and injuring over 700 others.
2003 – Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated in Belgrade. Original post: On This Day (March 12) |
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