Page 5: Historical Events In March - 12

1904  The inaugural main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)   

1904  1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)   

1904  Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants)   

1905  Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92.   

1906  Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast   

1907  At Toulon, France, the battleship Iena explodes, killing at least 118 men.   

1907  (Margaret Peggy McCrorie) Herbison, politician   

1908  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games   

1908  David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician   

1908  Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61   

1909  Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34   

1910  Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3.   

1910  Roger L Stevens, producer (Giant)   

1911  Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico.   

1912  Captain Albert Berry performs inaugural parachute jump from an airplane.   

1912  Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low   

1912  Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane.   

1912  James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh.   

1913  Canberra is recorded as becoming the capital of Australia when the foundation stone of the Federal Parliament building is laid   

1913  Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid.   

1913  Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid   

1913  Harold Butler, cricketer (England pace bowler late 40's).   

1913  Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61   

1914  Jan Kapr, composer   

1914  George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67   

1915  Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter   

1916  French airship sinks British submarine D3   

1916  M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39.   

1917  Izvestia, the official Soviet newspaper, founded.   

1917  Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets   

1917  Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrive in St Petersburg.   

1917  Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing).   

1918  James Bracken, race horse trainer.   

1919  Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany).   

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1270  On March - 12 birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

1336  On this day in history birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  On March - 12 birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

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

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.   

1289  On March - 12 death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)   

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on March - 12.   

1447  On March - 12 death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  On this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.