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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

March 12 - The Day in History

March 12 : General Interest
1933: FDR gives first fireside chat

On this day in 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or "fireside chat," broadcast directly from the White House.... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Public Notice urges recognition of "humane ladies"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/public-notice-urges-recognition-of-humane-ladies

Automotive
1921 : Italian auto titan Gianni Agnelli born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-auto-titan-gianni-agnelli-born

Civil War
1864 : Union's Red River Campaign begins in Louisiana
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-river-campaign-begins

Cold War
1947 : Truman Doctrine is announced
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-doctrine-is-announced

Crime
1969 : London police conduct drug raid at home of George Harrison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/london-police-conduct-drug-raid-at-home-of-george-harrison
2003 : Police recover Elizabeth Smart and arrest her abductors
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/police-recover-elizabeth-smart-and-arrest-her-abductors

Disaster
1988 : Hail causes stampede at soccer match in Nepal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hail-causes-stampede-at-soccer-match-in-nepal

General Interest
1888 : The Blizzard of 1888
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blizzard-of-1888
1930 : Gandhi leads civil disobedience
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gandhi-leads-civil-disobedience
1938 : Germany annexes Austria
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-annexes-austria
1993 : Reno sworn in as attorney general
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reno-sworn-in-as-attorney-general

Hollywood
1982 : Richard Pryor releases Live on the Sunset Strip
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/richard-pryor-releases-live-on-the-sunset-strip

Literary
1922 : Jack Kerouac is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jack-kerouac-is-born

Music
2003 : The Dixie Chicks backlash begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-dixie-chicks-backlash-begins

Old West
1888 : Chinese laborers excluded from U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-laborers-excluded-from-us

Presidential
1933 : FDR broadcasts first fireside chat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat

Sports
1903 : New York Highlanders join American League
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-highlanders-join-american-league

Vietnam War
1968 : McCarthy does well in the Democratic primary
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mccarthy-does-well-in-the-democratic-primary
1972 : Australians withdraw from South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/australians-withdraw-from-south-vietnam

World War I
1917 : Russian army lends support to rebels in February Revolution
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russian-army-lends-support-to-rebels-in-february-revolution

World War II
1938 : Hitler announces an Anschluss with Austria
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-announces-an-anschluss-with-austria


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