Talk:March 12

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March 12: Independence Day in Mauritius (1968); Arbor Day in China 1881 – Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national football team and became the world's first black international football player. 1930 – Gandhi began the Dandi March (pictured), a 24-day walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India. 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 over 250 civilians and injuring over 700 others. 2003 – Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated in Belgrade. More events: March 11 – March 12 – March 13 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 09:00, June 15, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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er, mav: "The steam engine is used for the first time (North Arlington, New Jersey." Steam engine seems to disagree. -- Tarquin 23:05 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC)

There probably other mistakes too (my source for these events isn't the greatest - if you know of a more reliable one than On-This-Day.com please mention it). This is just my first step in a day update: Tomorrow I'm going to check each entry for accuracy and then update the corresponding year and subject pages. I usually find several mistakes or misplaced entries. --mav 23:13 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC)

Ah. ok. you've got it all under control :-) -- Tarquin 23:16 Mar 11, 2003 (UTC) (I thought you got your info for the day's events from the MavChip(TM) you had implanted .... ;-)

[edit] Anne Frank

Please note that I have deleted the mention of Anne Frank name from the Deaths. There is no evidence fore the 12 of March being her last day on Earth. Havelock 18:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)