A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 12th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On March 12, 1894, Coca-Cola, the preeminent soft drink on the planet, was first bottled and sold in Vicksburg, Mississippi by Joseph Beidenharn, a soda fountain operator who owned a candy store.
On March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria and the absorption of Austria into Germany became a fact.
On March 12, 1940, an epic battle of a David against a Goliath ended in a draw!
On March 12, 1993, Janet Wood Reno, was sworn in as the first female Attorney General of the United States, and served as such through the entire Bill Clinton presidency, leaving office in January of 2001.
On March 12, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan was devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, causing a reactor to explode and release radiation into the environment.
On , two epic films set during Greco-Roman history vied for box office dominance: 300: Rise of an Empire (total worldwide gross as of March 10, 2014: $132,850,000) set during the Greco-Persian Wars and Pompeii (total worldwide gross as of March 10, 2014: $78,168,000) set during the height of the Roman Empire, but how accurate are they historically speaking?
On March 12, 2018, we join movie fans in celebrating Alfred Hitchcock Day, remembering all the great films and television this English director brought to us over the years from 1919 to 1980, one of the longest and greatest directorial careers in cinema history.
On March 12, 2020, people all over the globe were wondering about the true origins and the true implications of the “coronavirus” that (as we are told) originated in Wuhan, China.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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