1922 -
Jack Kerouac, American writer (d.
1969)
1946 -
Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
does that make me gay?
god I love wikipedia.
March 12:
1894 -
Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1918 -
Moscow becomes the capital of
Russia again after
Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
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.
1938 -
Anschluss: German troops occupy
Austria; annexation declared the following day.
1960 - A fire at a chemical plant in
Pusan,
Korea kills 68.
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.
1999 - Former
Warsaw Pact members the
Czech Republic,
Hungary and
Poland join
NATO.
2007 - "
Rocky Mountain High", written by
John Denver, is adopted by the U.S. state of
Colorado as its second official
state song.
seemingly random set of occurances? I think not!
note: 1993 does not exist according to wiki. I blame aliens.