Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2013. There are 294 days left in the year.
1365 ― University of Vienna founded
1587 ― English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
1737 ― Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1917 ― Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
1930 ― Mohandas Gandhi begins 200-mile (321-km) march protesting British salt tax
1947 ― President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1951 ― Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1969 ― 11th Grammy Awards: “Mrs. Robinson,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” win
1977 ― Egypt’s Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1987 ― “Les Miserables” opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4,000-plus performances