TUESDAY, March 12, 2024

1904-Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund

1930-Mohandas Gandhi begins 200 mile (321 km) march protesting British salt tax

1945-New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment

1945 The British Empire celebrates its 1st British Empire Day

1945-USSR returns Transylvania to Romania

1959-U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood

1964-Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam

1971-Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected President

1975-Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam

1977-Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel

1982-PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"

1985-Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points

1987-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989-Two cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)

1993-317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay

1994-Church of England ordains First 33 women priests

1995-Letitia Vriesde runs South America indoor record 800 meter (2 :0.35)