03-11-2011, 09:26 PM
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Location: Maryland
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March 12th
1912 ~ The Girl Scouts (née Girl Guides) were started in the U.S.
1913 ~ Canberra officially named.
1922 ~ Birthday of Jack Kerouac, Writer.
1938 ~ Anschluss: German troops occupied Austria; annexation declared the following day.
1947 ~ The “Truman Doctrine” established.
1955 ~ Death of Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate.
1971 ~ Birthday of Tony Eveready, 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.
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