Historical Events In March - 12

1993  On this day in history north Korea announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty  

1993  On this day in history andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62  

1994  On this day in history church of England ordains first 33 women priests  

1994  Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 on March - 12.  

1995  On March - 12 congress party loses India national election  

1995  On this day in history lara scores 139 in ODI vs Australia at Port-of-Spain  

1995  Sprinter Melinda Gainsford becomes the first Australian to win a world sprint title in more than 30 years on March - 12.  

1995  World Ice Dance Championship in Birmingham UK won by Oksana Gritshuk &Evgeny Platov (Russia) on March - 12.  

1995  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Birmingham UK won by Radka Kovarikova &Rene Novotny  

1995  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Birmingham UK won by Chen Lu (China) on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Birmingham UK won by Elvis Stojko (Canada)  

1996  On March - 12 leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy  

1996  On March - 12 charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92  

1998  On this day in history "Sound of Music", opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC  

2007  Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist disappears in Gaza City, Palestine. Van Halen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

2012  On this day in history 100 people are killed in ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan  

2013  On this day in history jOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits  

2014  8 people are killed, 70 are injured, & 2 buildings are leveled by a gas explosion in East Harlem, New York on this day in history.  

2018  British Prime Minister Theresa May says Russia was "highly likely" to have poisoned a Russian spy and his daughter on March 4 with nerve agent on March - 12.  

2018  Plane crash of Bangladeshi carrier at Kathmandu airport kills at least 49 after plane approaches runway from wrong end on March - 12.  

2018  Research shows Chinese cites have decreased pollution by 32 percent on average in just four years on March - 12.  

2018  On March - 12 tens of thousands of farmers from Indian state Maharashtra end protests over loan waivers, prices and land rights after promises from state officials and walking 167km to Mumbai  

2018  On this day in history civilian death toll in Eastern Ghouta passes 1,000 in three weeks as Syrian government forces capture the town of Mesraba  

2018  On March - 12 flight BS211 crashes in Nepal, killing 51 on board.  

2019  On this day in history theresa May 's British government suffers a second defeat on a Brexit deal with the EU, 391 votes to 242  

2019  Cargo ship Grande America sinks after it caught fire on March 10 in the Bay of Biscay, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of France, causing a 2,200-tonne oil spill on this day in history.  

2020  US President Trump bans travel with 26 European countries though not the UK due to coronavirus COVID-19 (UK and Ireland added day later) on March - 12.  

2020  UK PM Boris Johnson says the UK is facing the “worst public health crisis for a generation”, up to 10,000 people may already be infected with coronavirus COVID-19 on March - 12.  

2020  Global stock markets crash due to continued concerns over COVID-19 and the U.S. travel ban on the Schengen Area. The DJIA goes into free fall, closing at over −2,300 points, the worst losses for the index since 1987 on this day in history.  

2021  Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi imposes new COVID restrictions warning of a new wave as cases again exceed 25,000 a day on this day in history.  

2023  On March - 12 95th Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" best film, best director Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Michelle Yeoh second woman of color to win best actress, Brendan Fraser best actor [1]  

2023  On this day in history half a million Israeli's protest plans by Benjamin Netanyahu 's government to overhaul the country’s judicial system for tenth week in a row [1]  

2023  On this day in history pGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Scottie Scheffler becomes third golfer, after Jack Nicklaus & Tiger Woods, to hold Masters & Players titles at same time; wins by 5 from England's Tyrrell Hatton  

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.  

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on March - 12.  

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence  

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.  

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on March - 12.  

1613  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)  

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)  

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)  

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.  

0604  On March - 12 gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

1209  On March - 12 djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies  

1289  On this day in history death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)  

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on this day in history.  

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on March - 12.  

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies