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Gravdigr · 03-12-2017, 03:08 PM

March 12

Today, our Aztec Dwellers celebrate the New Year.

Today is the Girl Scouts' Birthday, marking the founding of the first Girl Scout troop in the USA.

Events

1550 – Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile.

1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River.

1894 – Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenharn.

1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)

1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people.

1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.

1933 – 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".

1947 – The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

1950 – 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.

1961 – First winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger.

1993 – The 1993 Storm of the Century: Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.

2003 – WHO officially released global warning on pandemic SARS disease.

2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street's history.

2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.

2014 – A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

Births

1806 – Jane Pierce (15th FLOTUS), 1831 – Clement Studebaker (yeah, that one), 1913 – Agathe von Trapp (of The Sound of Music von Trapps), 1921 – Gordon MacRae, 1922 – Jack Kerouac, 1928 – Edward Albee, 1933 – Barbara Feldon, 1938 – Johnny Rutherford

, 1940 – Al Jarreau♪ ♫, 1942 – Ratko Mladić, 1945 – Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano (mobster), 1946 – Liza Minnelli♪ ♫, 1947 – Mitt Romney, 1948 – James Taylor

, 1949 – Mike Gibbins

(Badfinger), 1956 – Steve Harris

(Iron Maiden), 1960 – Courtney B. Vance, 1962 – Darryl Strawberry, 1969 – Jake Tapper, 1978 – Casey Mears

, 1979 – Pete Doherty♪ ♫

Deaths

1628 – John Bull, 1820 – Alexander Mackenzie, 1914 – George Westinghouse, 1929 – Asa Griggs Candler, 1942 – Robert Bosch, 1955 – Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker♪ ♫, 1978 – John Cazale, 1987 – Woody Hayes, 1999 – Yehudi Menuhin

, 2001 – Morton Downey, Jr.

, 2001 – Robert Ludlum, 2003 – Lynne Thigpen, 2005 – Bill Cameron, 2012 – Samuel Glazer (co-founded Mr. Coffee), 2012 – Michael Hossack

(The Doobie Bros), 2013 – Clive Burr

(Iron Maiden), 2015 – Terry Pratchett

03-12-2017, 03:08 PM	#614
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	March 12 Today, our Aztec Dwellers celebrate the New Year. Today is the Girl Scouts' Birthday, marking the founding of the first Girl Scout troop in the USA. Events 1550 – Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile. 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River. 1894 – Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenharn. 1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. 1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.) 1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years. 1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people. 1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India. 1933 – 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". 1947 – The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism. 1950 – 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. 1961 – First winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. 1993 – The 1993 Storm of the Century: Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours. 2003 – WHO officially released global warning on pandemic SARS disease. 2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street's history. 2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake. 2014 – A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others. Births 1806 – Jane Pierce (15th FLOTUS), 1831 – Clement Studebaker (yeah, that one), 1913 – Agathe von Trapp (of The Sound of Music von Trapps), 1921 – Gordon MacRae, 1922 – Jack Kerouac, 1928 – Edward Albee, 1933 – Barbara Feldon, 1938 – Johnny Rutherford, 1940 – Al Jarreau♪ ♫, 1942 – Ratko Mladić, 1945 – Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano (mobster), 1946 – Liza Minnelli♪ ♫, 1947 – Mitt Romney, 1948 – James Taylor, 1949 – Mike Gibbins(Badfinger), 1956 – Steve Harris(Iron Maiden), 1960 – Courtney B. Vance, 1962 – Darryl Strawberry, 1969 – Jake Tapper, 1978 – Casey Mears, 1979 – Pete Doherty♪ ♫ Deaths 1628 – John Bull, 1820 – Alexander Mackenzie, 1914 – George Westinghouse, 1929 – Asa Griggs Candler, 1942 – Robert Bosch, 1955 – Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker♪ ♫, 1978 – John Cazale, 1987 – Woody Hayes, 1999 – Yehudi Menuhin, 2001 – Morton Downey, Jr., 2001 – Robert Ludlum, 2003 – Lynne Thigpen, 2005 – Bill Cameron, 2012 – Samuel Glazer (co-founded Mr. Coffee), 2012 – Michael Hossack(The Doobie Bros), 2013 – Clive Burr(Iron Maiden), 2015 – Terry Pratchett __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.