Who was born on March 12 and what happened on this day?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🌏 Sun-Earth Day.
🌏 World Glaucoma Day
🌐 International Day Against Cyber Censorship.
🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇸 USA – National Working Mother’s Day.
🇬🇦 Gabon – Update Day.
🇨🇳 China, 🇹🇼 Taiwan – Arbor Day.
🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Tree Planting Day.
🇺🇸 USA – Girl Scout Day.
🇷🇺 Russia – Ministry of Justice Day of Penitentiary System Employees.
🇿🇲 Zambia – Youth Day.
🇲🇺 Mauritius – National Day (Independence Day).
👉 EVENTS:
– 1229 – Crusader army captured Jerusalem.
– 1365 – One of the first universities – the University of Vienna was established.
– 1519 – Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés landed on the coast of present-day Mexico.
– 1609 – Bermuda became a British colony.
– 1832 – “Silfida” ballet poster in Paris.
– 1879 – Russian Emperor Alexander II signed a decree on the establishment of a prison department.
– 1889 – In the USA, Elmon Stroudger received a patent for an automatic telephone exchange.
– 1896 – The first radiogram in the world was transmitted in St. Petersburg.
– 1889 – American Elmon Stroudger patented the automatic telephone exchange.
– 1911 – Dr. Fletcher discovered the causes of cerebral palsy in children.
– 1912 – “The Girl Guides” movement was founded in the USA.
– 1913 – Canberra became the capital of Australia.
– 1917 – February Revolution: The Provisional Committee of the State Duma was formed.
– 1918 – the Soviet government decided to return the status of the capital of Russia to Moscow.
– 1921 – The independence anthem of the Republic of Turkey was adopted in the Oliy Majlis of Turkey.
– 1922 – Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan formed the Caucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
– 1935 – The Persian country was called Iran.
– 1940 – the Soviet-Finnish war ended.
– 1947 – The Truman Doctrine was announced.
– 1968 – Mauritius gained independence.
– 1974 – “Mars-6” station landed on the surface of Mars.
– 1985 – The Turkish embassy in Canada was attacked by armed Armenian militants.
– 1992 – Mauritius was declared a republic.
– 1992 – Chechnya declared its independence.
– 1999 – Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary joined NATO.
– 2000 – The Pope apologized for the sins of the Catholic Church against humanity.
– 2011 – An explosion occurred at the Fuusama-1 nuclear power plant in Japan. The radiation level exceeded 20 times the norm.
👉 BIRTHDAYS:
– 1710 – Thomas Arn (1778) – English composer, “Britain, reign!” the author of the hymn.
– 1790 – John Frederick Daniel (1845) – English physicist and chemist.
– 1824 – Gustav Kirchhoff (1887) – German physicist who discovered cesium and rubidium.
– 1832 – Charles Friedel (1899) – French organic chemist and mineralogist.
– 1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky (1945) – Russian Soviet scientist, created the doctrine of biosphere and noosphere.
– 1868 – Milliken Robert Andrews (1953) – American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize (1923).
– 1881 – (according to some sources) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1938) – the founder of the modern Turkish state.
– 1907 – Talib Sadikov (1957) – composer, conductor and public figure, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1939).
– 1920 – Nasim Hoshimov (2000) – singer, opera singer (lyric baritone), pedagogue, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1959).
– 1925 – Esaki Leo – Japanese physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize (1973).
– 1925 – Harry Harrison (2012) – American science fiction writer, satirist.
– 1937 – Zurab Sotkilava (2017) – singer, People’s Artist of the USSR and Georgian SSR.
– 1946 – Liza Minelli – American actress, singer.
– 1953 – Irina Ponarovskaya – Soviet and Russian pop and jazz singer, film actress.
– 1962 – Andreas Koepke – German football player, goalkeeper, world and European champion.
– 1984 – Shreya Ghoshal – Indian singer and TV presenter.
– 1988 – Sebastian Brendel – German canoeist, three-time Olympic champion.
– 1990 – David Kubatski – Polish ski jumper, two-time world champion.