03-12-2005, 06:54 AM
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March 12th
1685 ~ Birthday of George (Bishop) Berkeley, Philosopher.
1894 ~ Coca-Cola sold in bottles for the first time
1912 ~ The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts) were started in the U.S.
1913 ~ Canberra officially named.
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.
1985 ~ Death of Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor.
1987 ~ Les Misérables opened on Broadway.
1999 ~ Death of Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist.
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