What happend on 12th March

11.03
13.03
1993

Several bombs explode in Bombay, India killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.

1987

Les Misérables opens on Broadway.

1968

Mauritius achieves independence.

1967

Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.

1960

A fire at a chemical plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.

1958

In Hilversum, Netherlands, André Claveau wins the third Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).

1956

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time (500.24)

1951

The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the USA for the first time.

1947

The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

1940

Winter War: Finland signs a harsh peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.