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Old 03-11-2012, 07:06 PM
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March 12th
1912 ~ The Girl Scouts (née Girl Guides) were started in the U.S.

1922 ~ Birthday of Jack Kerouac, Writer.

1925 ~ Birthday of Harry Harrison, Science Fiction author.

1938 ~ Anschluss: German troops occupied Austria; annexation declared the following day.

1947 ~ The “Truman Doctrine” established.

1953 ~ Birthday of Ron Jeremy, Porn actor.

1987 ~ ”Les Misérables” opened on Broadway.

1994 ~ The Church of England ordained its first female priests.

1999 ~ Death of Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist.

2011 ~ A reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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