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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.

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Gustav Kirchhoff, Físico alemán (1824)
Simon Newcomb, Astrónomo y matemático estadounidense (1835)
Gunnar Nordström, Físico finlandés (1881)
Jean Mineur, Pionero de la publicidad francesa (1902)
Rita Angus, Pintora de la Nueva Zelanda (1908)
Yashwantrao Chavan, Político indio (1913)
Gianni Agnelli, Industrial italiano (1921)
Wally Schirra, Astronauta americano (1923)
Louison Bobet, Ciclista francés (1925)
Georges Delerue, Compositor de cine francés (1925)
Leo Esaki, Físico japonés, Premio Nobel (1925)
Raúl Alfonsín, Político argentino (1927)
Al Jarreau, Cantante americano (1940)
Liza Minnelli, Actriz y cantante estadounidense (1946)
Nelson Monfort, Periodista francés (1953)
Steve Harris, Músico Inglés (1956)
Courtney B. Vance, Actor americano (1960)
Aaron Eckhart, Actor americano (1968)
Arina Tanemura, Artista de manga japonés (1978)
Pete Doherty, Músico Inglés (1979)
Samm Levine, Actor americano (1982)
Jaimie Alexander, Actriz americana (1984)

Go-Kōgon, Emperador de Japón (1374)
Cesare Borgia, Político italiano (1507)
Sun Yat-sen, Revolucionario chino (1925)
Robert Bosch, Industrial alemán (1942)
Charlie Parker, Saxofonista de jazz estadounidense (1955)
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinista estadounidense (1999)
Robert Ludlum, Escritor americano (2001)
Spyros Kyprianou, Chipre político (2002)

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