Effemeride del 12 Marzo

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1928 : St. Francis Dam On March 12, 1928, St. Francis Dam, California, opened just two years earlier, broke, flooding the valley and killed 600 people.
1930 : March against the salt tax in India On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi and his companions began a march of 320 km, called the "Salt March" or Salt Satyagraha from Ahmedabad to the Indian Ocean to protest against the British monopoly on salt. Tens of thousands of people were thrown in jail after this march which had a major impact on the decision of Indians to gain their independence and on the British public who were, from that moment, great supporters of Gandhi.
1938 : Anschluss On 12 March 1938, Austria, invaded by German troops, is annexed to the 3rd Reich.
1945 : Anne Frank On March 12, 1945, Anne Frank, the young Dutch author of Diary of Anne Frank died of typhus in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
1993 : Bombay Bombing On March 12, 1993, a series of attacks occured in the financial sector in Mumbai. 13 bombs exploded in crowded places, killing over 200 people.

Mauritius National Day March 12 is the National Day in Mauritius. This day is doubly symbolic for Mauritians: on March 12, 1968, Mauritius became independent from the UK and on March 12, 1992, it became a Republic.
Arbor Day in China On 12 March, we celebrate trees in China. On this day, each person has a duty to plant a specified number of trees to fight against deforestation.

Mohandas Gandhi
Be the change that you want to see in the world.

André Le Nôtre, Architetto paesaggista francese (1613)
Gustav Kirchhoff, Fisico tedesco (1824)
Simon Newcomb, Astronomo e matematico americano (1835)
Gunnar Nordström, Fisico finlandese (1881)
Jean Mineur, Pioniere della pubblicità francese (1902)
Rita Angus, Pittore della Nuova Zelanda (1908)
Yashwantrao Chavan, Politico indiano (1913)
Gianni Agnelli, Industriale italiano (1921)
Wally Schirra, Astronauta americano (1923)
Louison Bobet, Ciclista francese (1925)
Georges Delerue, Film compositore francese (1925)
Leo Esaki, Fisico giapponese, premio Nobel (1925)
Raúl Alfonsín, Politico argentino (1927)
Al Jarreau, Cantante americano (1940)
Liza Minnelli, Attrice e cantante statunitense (1946)
Nelson Monfort, Giornalista francese (1953)
Steve Harris, Musicista inglese (1956)
Courtney B. Vance, Attore americano (1960)
Aaron Eckhart, Attore americano (1968)
Arina Tanemura, Artista manga giapponese (1978)
Pete Doherty, Musicista inglese (1979)
Samm Levine, Attore americano (1982)
Jaimie Alexander, Attrice americana (1984)

Go-Kōgon, Imperatore del Giappone (1374)
Cesare Borgia, Politico italiano (1507)
Sun Yat-sen, Rivoluzionari cinesi (1925)
Robert Bosch, Industriale tedesco (1942)
Charlie Parker, Sassofonista americano (1955)
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinista americano (1999)
Robert Ludlum, Scrittore americano (2001)
Spyros Kyprianou, Cipriota politico (2002)

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