March 12 - UncleWoody.org - What happened on the day I was born?

Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for March 12
1999	The former Soviet republics of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland become members of NATO.
1980	John Wayne Gacy, is found guilty by a Chicago jury for the murders of 33 men and boys.
1969		Paul McCartney, bass guitarist for The Beatles, marries photographer Linda Eastman in London. (photo credit: EMI)
1968	Mauritius Island joins the British Commonwealth as an independent country.
1939	Pius XXII becomes Pope during a Vatican ceremony.
1933	US president Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcasts his first 'fireside chat'.
1925	Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen dies.
1917	The Czarist government in Russia ends.
1914	Inventor George Westinghouse dies.
1912	The Girl Scouts of America is founded.
1864	Ulysses S. Grant becomes General-in-Chief of the Union Army.
1851	The University of Manchester (England) is founded.
1789	The first US post office opens.
1664	The British Colony of New Jersey is established by James, Duke of York.