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This is a list of selected March 12 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt after one of his fireside chats
St. Francis Dam
Harry S. Truman
Juliette Gordon Low, by Edward Hughes
Mahatma Gandhi (left) and Sarojini Naidu (right)
Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu on the Salt March

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
Arbor Day in China and Taiwan;	refimprove
World Day Against Cyber Censorship;	needs 3rd party sources
Independence Day in Mauritius (1968)	refimprove section
515 BCE – Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem was completed.	unreferenced section
538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ended his siege of Rome, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.	refimprove section
1864 – American Civil War: The Union Army began the ill-fated Red River campaign, in which not a single objective was fully accomplished.	refimprove section
1870 – The Bulgarian Exarchate, the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the other Orthodox churches in the 1950s, was established by the firman of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.	refimprove
1912 – Juliette Gordon Low founded a youth organization for girls that grew into the Girl Scouts of the USA.	refimprove section
1921 – The Turkish Grand National Assembly adopted İstiklal Marşı as the national anthem, with lyrics written by poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy and music by Zeki Üngör.	refimprove
1928 – The failure of the St. Francis Dam northwest of Los Angeles resulted in a flood that killed 400 people.	lots of CN tags
1938 – Austria was occupied by the Wehrmacht, and subsequently became Ostmark, a province within the German Reich.	lots of CN tags
1986 – South Korean film director Shin Sang-ok and his ex-wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, who had been abducted by North Korea to make propaganda films, escaped while in Vienna.	Date cited to New York Post which is listed at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources as "generally unreliable for factual reporting"
1989 – Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web.	Orange banner: citations needed
1993 – A series of thirteen coordinated bomb explosions took place in Bombay, India, killing over 250 civilians and injuring over 700 others.	multiple issues
1993 – The Storm of the Century formed over the Gulf of Mexico; at its height its effects were directly experienced by nearly 40 percent of the United States' population.	refimprove section
2003 – Zoran Đinđić, the prime minister of Serbia, was assassinated in Belgrade.	Đinđić: refimprove sections; Assassination: refimprove section
2004 – The National Assembly of South Korea voted to impeach President Roh Moo-hyun on charges of illegal electioneering and incompetence, a move that was largely opposed by the public.	unreferenced section
Charles Boycott \|b\|1832\|	Birthday not cited

Eligible

1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.
1913 – At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of Governor-General Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.
1930 – Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.
1933 – U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.
1934 – Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.
1940 – The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
2014 – A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
Born/died this day: | Symeon the New Theologian |d|1022|Stefan Dragutin |d|1316|William Lyon Mackenzie |b|1795| Lilian Faithfull |b|1865| Lise Tréhot |d|1922|Jack Kerouac |b|1922| Wally Schirra |b|1923| Jessica Hardy |b|1987| Lazare Ponticelli |d|2008

Notes

1997 military memorandum appears on February 28, so 1971 Turkish coup d'état should not appear in the same year
Great Sheffield Flood appears on March 11, so St Francis Dam should not appear in the same year

March 12

Andrew Watson

1537 – Croatian–Ottoman wars: After the execution of feudal lord Petar Kružić, Croatian forces at Klis surrendered to the Ottoman forces in exchange for their safe passage to northern locations.
1881 – Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.
1947 – Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.
1952 – British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.
1971 – The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.
2006 – U.S. Army soldiers gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her along with her family members.

William Henry Perkin (b. 1838)
Gemma Galgani (b. 1878)
Zhao Wei (b. 1976)
Arina Tanemura (b. 1978)

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 File:FDRfiresidechat2.jpg|Franklin Roosevelt after one of his fireside chats
 File:St Francis Dam crop.jpg|St. Francis Dam
 File:Harry S. Truman.jpg|Harry S. Truman
 File:Edward Hughes - Juliette Gordon Low - Google Art Project.jpg|Juliette Gordon Low, by Edward Hughes
+File:Mahatma & Sarojini Naidu 1930.JPG|Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu
+File:Mahatma & Sarojini Naidu 1930.JPG|Gandhi and [[Sarojini Naidu]] on the Salt March
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 | [[538]] – [[Vitiges]], [[Germanic kingship|king]] of the [[Ostrogoths]], ended his '''[[Siege of Rome (537–538)|siege of Rome]]''', leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, [[Belisarius]].
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+|  section
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+ [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Army]] began the ill-fated '''[[Red River ]]''', in which not a single objective was fully accomplished.
-| [[1622]] – '''[[Ignatius of Loyola]]''' and '''[[Francis Xavier]]''', founders of the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]], were [[canonization|canonized]] by [[Pope Gregory&nbsp;XV]].
-| Xavier: unreferenced section, lots of CN tags
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 | [[1870]] – The '''[[Bulgarian Exarchate]]''', the official name of the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] before its [[autocephaly]] was recognized by the other [[Eastern Christianity|Orthodox churches]] in the 1950s, was established by the [[firman]] of [[Ottoman dynasty|Sultan]] [[Abdülaziz]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
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-| [[1921]] – The [[Turkish Grand National Assembly]] adopted the '''''[[İstiklal Marşı]]''''' as the national anthem, with lyrics written by poet [[Mehmet Akif Ersoy]] and music by [[Zeki Üngör]].
+| [[1921]] – The [[Turkish Grand National Assembly]] adopted '''''[[İstiklal Marşı]]''''' as the national anthem, with lyrics written by poet [[Mehmet Akif Ersoy]] and music by [[Zeki Üngör]].
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+|[[1986]] – South Korean film director [[Shin Sang-ok]] and his ex-wife, actress [[Choi Eun-hee]], who had been '''[[Abduction of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee|abducted]]''' by North Korea to make propaganda films, escaped while in [[Vienna]].
-|  [[1940]] – The '''[[Moscow Peace Treaty]]''' was signed, ending the [[Winter War]] between Finland and the Soviet Union.
+|Date cited to New York Post which is listed at [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources]] as "generally unreliable for factual reporting"
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+| [[1989]] – [[Tim Berners-Lee]] submitted a memorandum at [[CERN]] with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the '''[[World Wide Web]]'''.
+| Orange banner: citations needed
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 | [[1993]] – A series of '''[[1993 Bombay bombings|thirteen coordinated bomb explosions]]''' took place in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, killing over 250 civilians and injuring over 700 others.
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-|  [[2003]] – Serbian Prime Minister '''[[Zoran Đinđić]]''' [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|was assassinated]] in [[Belgrade]].
+|  [[2003]] – '''[[Zoran Đinđić]]''' [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|was assassinated]] in [[Belgrade]].
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 | [[2004]] – The [[National Assembly of South Korea]] voted to impeach President '''[[Roh Moo-hyun]]''' on charges of illegal electioneering and incompetence, a move that was largely opposed by the public.
-| lead too long; unreferenced section
+| unreferenced section
+|-
+| '''[[Charles Boycott]]'''<!--English estate manager--> |b|1832|
+| Birthday not cited
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+ [[1622]] – '''[[Ignatius of Loyola]]''' and '''[[Francis Xavier]]''', founders of the [[Jesuits]], were [[canonization|canonized]] by [[Pope Gregory&nbsp;XV]].
-* [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Army]] began the ill-fated '''[[Red River Campaign]]''', in which not a single objective was fully accomplished.
-* [[1913]] – At a ceremony on [[Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Kurrajong Hill]], [[Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman|Gertrude, Lady Denman]], the wife of Governor-General [[Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman|Lord Denman]] announced that the future capital of Australia would be named '''[[Canberra]]'''.
+* [[1913]] – At a ceremony  [[Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Kurrajong Hill]], [[Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman|Lady Denman]], wife of Governor-General [[Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman|Lord Denman]] announced that the future capital of Australia would be  '''[[Canberra]]'''.
+* [[1930]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi]] began the '''[[Salt March]]''' ''(pictured)'', a 24-day [[Nonviolence|nonviolent]] walk to defy the [[History of the salt tax in British India|British salt tax]] in [[colonial India]].
-* [[1933]] – U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] broadcast the first of his "'''[[fireside chats]]'''" to address the nation directly.
+* [[1933]] – U.S.  [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]  the first of his '''[[fireside chats]]'''  the nation directly.
-* [[1934]] – Supported by the [[Estonian Army]], '''[[Konstantin Päts]]''' staged a coup d'état, beginning the [[Era of Silence]]<!--not bold, refimprove-->.
-* [[1947]] – [[Cold War]]: U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] proclaimed the '''[[Truman Doctrine]]''' to help stem the spread of [[communism]].
+* [[]] –      '''[[ ]]'''    the  of ]].
+ [[1940]] – The [[Moscow Peace Treaty]] was signed, ending the [[Winter War]] between Finland and the Soviet Union.
-* [[1952]] – British diplomat '''[[Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay|Hastings Ismay]]''' was appointed as the first [[Secretary General of NATO]].
+* [[2014]] – A gas leak caused '''[[2014 East Harlem gas explosion|an explosion]]''' in [[East Harlem]] New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
-* Born/died this day: '''[[Tirso de Molina]]''' (d.&nbsp;1648){{·}} '''[[Charles Boycott]]''' (b.&nbsp;1832){{·}} '''[[William Henry Perkin]]''' (b.&nbsp;1838){{·}} '''[[Lise Tréhot]]''' (d.&nbsp;1922){{·}} '''[[Jessica Hardy]]''' (b.&nbsp;1987){{·}} '''[[Lazare Ponticelli]]''' (d.&nbsp;2008){{·}}
+* Born/died this day: | '''[[Symeon the New Theologian]]'''<!--Byzantine monk--> |d|1022|'''[[Stefan Dragutin]]'''<!--Serbian king--> |d|1316|'''[[William Lyon Mackenzie]]'''<!--Canadian journalist--> |b|1795|  '''[[Lilian Faithfull]]'''<!--English educator--> |b|1865| '''[[Lise Tréhot]]'''<!--French model--> |d|1922|'''[[Jack Kerouac]]'''<!--American writer--> |b|1922| '''[[Wally Schirra]]'''<!--American astronaut--> |b|1923|  '''[[Jessica Hardy]]'''<!--American swimmer--> |b|1987| '''[[Lazare Ponticelli]]'''<!--French soldier--> |d|2008
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+{{main page image/OTD|File:Andrew Watson Footballer (cropped).jpg|Andrew Watson}}
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-{{main page image|File:Mahatma & Sarojini Naidu 1930.JPG|Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu|width=151}}
+* [[1537]] – [[Croatian–Ottoman wars]]: After the execution of feudal lord [[Petar Kružić]], [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Croatian]] forces at [[Fortress of Klis|Klis]] '''[[Siege of Klis|surrendered]]''' to the Ottoman forces in exchange for their safe passage to northern locations.
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-* [[1881]] – '''[[Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)|Andrew Watson]]''' made his debut with the [[Scotland national football team]] and became the world's first black international [[Association football|footballer]].
+* [[1881]] – '''[[Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)|Andrew Watson]]'''   the [[Scotland national football team]]   the world's first black international [[Association football|footballer]].
-* [[1930]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] ''(pictured with [[Sarojini Naidu]])'' began the '''[[Salt March]]''', a 24-day walk to defy the British tax on [[Sodium chloride|salt]] in [[colonial India]].
+* [[]] – [[ ]]   [[ ]]  the '''[[ ]]'''    the   [[]].
+* [[1952]] – British diplomat '''[[Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay| Ismay]]''' was appointed the first [[Secretary General of NATO]].
 * [[1971]] – The [[Turkish Armed Forces]] executed a "'''[[1971 Turkish military memorandum|coup by memorandum]]'''", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister [[Süleyman Demirel]].
+* [[2006]] – U.S. Army soldiers '''[[Mahmudiyah rape and killings|gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her]]''' along with her family members.
-* [[1989]] – [[Tim Berners-Lee]] issued the first proposal for what would become the '''[[World Wide Web]]''', when he wrote a document to [[CERN]] with details of an information-management system
-* [[2014]] – A gas leak caused '''[[2014 East Harlem gas explosion|an explosion]]''' in the [[East Harlem]] neighborhood of New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
+{{Born and died list| '''[[William Henry Perkin]]'''<!--Engish chemist--> |b|1838| '''[[Gemma Galgani]]'''<!--Italian mystic/saint--> |b|1878|'''[[Zhao Wei]]'''<!--Chinese actress--> |b|1976| '''[[Arina Tanemura]]'''<!--Japanese artist-->|b|1978| }}
-'''[[Symeon the New Theologian]]''' (d.&nbsp;1022){{·}} '''[[Lilian Faithfull]]''' (b.&nbsp;1865){{·}} '''[[Zhao Wei]]''' (b.&nbsp;1976)
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