Editing March 12 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[Girl Guides]] (later renamed the [[Girl Scouts of the USA]]) are founded in the [[United States]].<ref name="brooklynEagle" />
*[[1913]] &ndash; The future capital of [[Australia]] is officially named [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pegrum |first1=Roger |title=The Siting and Naming of Canberra |url=https://www.nca.gov.au/siting-and-naming-canberra |website=www.nca.gov.au |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en |date=25 August 2016}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Moscow]] becomes the capital of [[Russia]] again after [[Saint Petersburg]] held this status for most of the period since 1713.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moscow becomes the capital of the Soviet state |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619089 |website=Presidential Library |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Kapp Putsch]] begins when the [[Marinebrigade Ehrhardt]] is ordered to march on Berlin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haffner |first1=Sebastian |title=Die deutsche Revolution 1918/19 |date=2002 |publisher=Kindler |isbn=978-3-463-40423-3 |pages=220–221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVoTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jeden+Widerstand+r%C3%BCcksichtslos+zu+brechen%22 |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; In [[California]], the [[St. Francis Dam]] fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Outland |first1=Charles F. |title=Man-made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam : Its Place in Southern California's Water System, Its Failure, and the Tragedy in the Santa Clara River Valley, March 12 and 13, 1928 |date=2002 |publisher=A.H. Clark Company |isbn=978-0-87062-322-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LigfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22march+12%22 |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Mahatma Gandhi]] begins the ''[[Salt March]]'', a {{convert|200|mile|adj=on}} march to the sea to protest the [[British Empire|British]] monopoly on salt in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gandhi Heritage Portal: Repository of Authentic Information on the life and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi |url=https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/dandi-march-details |website=www.gandhiheritageportal.org |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Great Depression]]: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] addresses the nation for the first time as [[President of the United States]]. This is also the first of his "[[fireside chats]]".<ref name="brooklynEagle" />
*[[1938]] &ndash; ''[[Anschluss]]:'' [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops occupy and annex [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prodhan |first1=Georgina |title=Austria's president says Nazi past can't be forgotten |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-nazis-anniversary/austrias-president-says-nazi-past-cant-be-forgotten-idUSBRE92B0NP20130312 |access-date=10 January 2020 |work=Reuters |date=12 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Winter War]]: [[Finland]] signs the [[Moscow Peace Treaty]] with the [[Soviet Union]], ceding almost all of [[Finnish Karelia]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Finland-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |journal=The American Journal of International Law |date=1940 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=127–131 |doi=10.2307/2213787 |issn=0002-9300|jstor=2213787 |s2cid=246006152 }}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; The [[Turenki rail accident|most destructive train accident in Finnish history]] kills 39 and injures 69 people in [[Turenki]], [[Janakkala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11223481|title=15 evakkolasta kuoli, ja kuljettajasta jäi jäljelle vain rintaan palanut taskukello – sotasensuuri salasi Suomen tuhoisimmat junaturmat|last=Leponiemi|first=Timo|date=3 March 2021|work=[[Yle]]|access-date=12 March 2023|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Java (1942)|Battle of Java]] ends with the surrender of the [[American-British-Dutch-Australian Command]] to the [[Japanese Empire]] in [[Bandung]], [[West Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wigmore |first1=Lionel |title=The Japanese Thrust |date=1957 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |page=503 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd5mAAAAMAAJ |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[Truman Doctrine]] is proclaimed to help stem the spread of [[Communism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCullough |first1=David |title=Truman |date=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-6029-9 |page=356 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fp1A2s6aQwC |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Llandow air disaster]] kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near [[Sigingstone]], Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harries |first1=Robert |title=The Welsh plane crash which became the world's worst air disaster |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-rugby-fans-who-perished-16333426 |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=walesonline |date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Suharto]] takes power from [[Sukarno]] when the [[People's Consultative Assembly]] inaugurate him as Acting President of [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elson |first1=Robert Edward |title=Suharto: A Political Biography |date=2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77326-3 |page=157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElTYvtijU6AC&pg=157 |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Mauritius]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mauritius profile - Timeline |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13882731 |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 January 2020 |date=25 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[1971 Turkish military memorandum]] is sent to the [[Süleyman Demirel]] government of [[Turkey]] and the government resigns.<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkish Regime Is Ousted By the Military Leaders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/13/archives/turkish-regime-is-ousted-by-the-military-leaders-no-move-made-to.html |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=13 March 1971}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Tim Berners-Lee]] submits his proposal to [[CERN]] for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Aja |title=The World Wide Web — not the internet — turns 30 years old |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history |website=Vox |access-date=12 March 2020 |language=en |date=12 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mauritius]] becomes a [[republic]] while remaining a member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Mauritius: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism |date=2008 |publisher=International Monetary Fund |isbn=978-1-4527-0042-7 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lR-L-rBG7cC&q=Mauritius+republic+march+12&pg=PA12 |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; Several [[1993 Bombay bombings|bombs explode]] in [[Mumbai, India]], killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 1993 Mumbai Blasts: What Exactly Happened on March 12 That Year |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/the-1993-mumbai-blasts-what-exactly-happened-on-march-12-that-year-598045.html |website=News18 |date=16 June 2017 |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[North Korea]] announces that it will withdraw from the [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons]] and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fact Sheet on DPRK Nuclear Safeguards |url=https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/dprk/fact-sheet-on-dprk-nuclear-safeguards |website=www.iaea.org |publisher=IAEA |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en |date=25 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; Former [[Warsaw Pact]] members the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]] and [[Poland]] join [[NATO]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozłowski |first1=Grzegorz |title=20 years of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in NATO: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow |date=22 April 2019 |url=https://icds.ee/20-years-of-the-czech-republic-hungary-and-poland-in-nato-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/ |publisher=ICDS |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Zoran Đinđić]], [[Prime Minister]] of [[Serbia]], is [[Assassination of Zoran Đinđić|assassinated]] in [[Belgrade]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Djindjic killing condemned |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2844393.stm |access-date=11 January 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=12 March 2003}}</ref>
*  2003   &ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] officially release a global warning of outbreaks of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS).<ref>{{cite web |title=CDC SARS Response Timeline {{!}} About {{!}} CDC |url=https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/sars/timeline.htm |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en-us |date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[President of South Korea]], [[Roh Moo-hyun]], is impeached by its [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]]: the first such [[impeachment]] in the nation's history.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200403/200403120004.html |title=The Impeachment Motion Has Passed | date=12 March 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109011542/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200403/200403120004.html |archive-date=9 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; Financier [[Bernie Madoff]] pleads guilty to one of the [[Ponzi scheme|largest frauds]] in [[Wall Street]]'s history.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frank |first1=Robert |last2=Efrati |first2=Amir |last3=Lucchetti |first3=Aaron |last4=Bray |first4=Chad |title=Madoff Jailed After Admitting Epic Scam |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123685693449906551 |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=14 March 2009}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; A reactor at the [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]] explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log |url=https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/fukushima-nuclear-accident-update-log-14 |website=www.iaea.org |publisher=IAEA |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en |date=12 March 2011}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; A [[2014 East Harlem gas explosion|gas explosion]] in the [[New York City]] neighborhood of [[East Harlem]] kills eight and injures 70 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 Dead, Others Missing After Explosion Levels Buildings In East Harlem |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/12/explosion-reported-at-harlem-building/ |access-date=11 January 2020 |agency=CBS New York |date=12 March 2014}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211]] crashes at [[Tribhuvan International Airport]] in [[Kathmandu|Katmandu]], killing 51 and injuring 20.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 S2-AGU Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180312-0 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; In the House of Commons, the revised [[European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018|EU Withdrawal Bill]] was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47547887 |title=Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal for a second time |work=BBC News |access-date=2019-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313043330/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47547887 |archive-date=2019-03-13 |url-status=live |date=2019-03-13 }}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; The [[United States]] suspends travel from Europe due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-03-12|title=Coronavirus: Trump suspends travel from Europe to US|language=en-GB|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51846923|access-date=2021-02-14}}</ref>