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12 March, 2005
Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government
12 March, 2004
Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nations history.
12 March, 2003
Zoran Ðindic, Prime Minister of Serbia, assassinated in Belgrade.
12 March, 1999
Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
12 March, 1994
The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
12 March, 1993
Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
12 March, 1993
North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.
12 March, 1992
Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
12 March, 1971
The 12 March Memorandum, second intervention of Turkish Army, was sent to the Demirel government and Demirel government resigned.
12 March, 1968
Mauritius achieves independence.
12 March, 1967
Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
12 March, 1947
The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
12 March, 1940
Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
12 March, 1938
Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
12 March, 1933
Great Depression: Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats."
12 March, 1930
Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
12 March, 1928
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing 400 people.
12 March, 1918
Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
12 March, 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.)
12 March, 1912
The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the U.S..
12 March, 1908
The Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
12 March, 1894
Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
12 March, 1881
Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the worlds first black international football player and captain.
12 March, 1868
Henry James OFarrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
12 March, 1664
New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain.
12 March, 538
Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.

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