100 years anniversary |
12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Georges Delerue: Composer
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Harry [Maxwell] Harrison: United Kingdom -- Sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy)
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Leo Esaki [Esaki Reona]: Japan -- Physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973)
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Louison Bobet: French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55)
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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William G Whitehurst: (Rep-R-Virginia)
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12 Mar 1925
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death
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Sun Yat-Sen: Chinese revolutionary President, dies at 58
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12 Mar 1925
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event
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British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
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12 Mar 1925
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death
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Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866) |
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12 Mar 1925
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death
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Gergely Luthár, Slovenian-Hungarian author (b. 1841) |
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012) |
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Georges Delerue, French composer (d. 1992) |
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983) |
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Georges Delerue composer
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Harry [Maxwell] Harrison UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy)
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Leo Esaki [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973)
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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Louison Bobet French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55)
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12 Mar 1925
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birth
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William G Whitehurst (Representative-Republican-VA)
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12 Mar 1925
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death
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Sun Yat-Sen Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
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12 Mar 1925
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event
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British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
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75 years anniversary |
12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Willie Duggan: Rugby football player
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12 Mar 1950
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death
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L Heinrich Mann: German / US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
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12 Mar 1950
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event
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Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
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12 Mar 1950
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event
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Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
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12 Mar 1950
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event
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The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time. |
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12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Wheeler Winston Dixon, American director, critic, and author |
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12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Jon Provost, American actor |
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12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Willie Duggan, Irish rugby player |
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12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager |
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12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Jon Provost actor (Timmy-Lassie)
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12 Mar 1950
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birth
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Willie Duggan rugby football player
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12 Mar 1950
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death
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L Heinrich Mann German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
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12 Mar 1950
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event
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Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
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12 Mar 1950
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event
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Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
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50 years anniversary |
12 Mar 1975
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event
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Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
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12 Mar 1975
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death
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Olga Hepnarová, Czech murderer (b. 1951) |
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12 Mar 1975
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birth
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Annabel Port, English radio host |
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12 Mar 1975
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birth
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Egidijus Juška, Lithuanian footballer |
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12 Mar 1975
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birth
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Kéllé Bryan, English singer-songwriter and actress (Eternal) |
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12 Mar 1975
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music
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birth Kelle Bryan, vocals, Eternal, (1997 UK No.1 single 'I Wanna Be The Only One').
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12 Mar 1975
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event
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Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
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25 years anniversary |
12 Mar 2000
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music
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Chicane went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Give Up'. The song featured the vocals of Bryan Adams. Chicane is UK producer Nick Bracegirdle.
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20 years anniversary |
12 Mar 2005
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event
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Karolos Papoulias becomes President of Greece. |
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12 Mar 2005
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death
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Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932) |
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12 Mar 2005
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death
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Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943) |
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15 years anniversary |
12 Mar 2010
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death
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Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920) |
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12 Mar 2010
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music
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A 16-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with a break-in at singer Susan Boyle's home in West Lothian, Scotland. Boyle disturbed the intruder as she returned home from London after recording a charity single for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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12 Mar 2010
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music
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Over 130 people were arrested and eight people were hospitalised as fans tried to gatecrash a Metallica show in Colombia. 1,500 police and four tanks were brought in to manage the crowds as property was vandalized and destroyed, as thousands of ticketless fans rioted during Metallica's first Colombian concert in eleven years.
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10 years anniversary |
12 Mar 2015
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death
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Carl, Prince of Wied (b. 1961) |
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12 Mar 2015
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death
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Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948) |
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12 Mar 2015
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death
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Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924) |
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12 Mar 2015
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death
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Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934) |
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12 Mar 2015
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death
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Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936) |
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12 Mar 2015
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death
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Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924) |
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