Historical Events on March 12

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Here are some historical events that happened on March 12:

1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) were founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia.

1928 - In California, the St. Francis Dam failed, causing a massive flood that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people.

1930 - Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March, a 240-mile march to the Arabian Sea in protest of the British salt tax in India.

1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his first "fireside chat" radio broadcast, discussing the banking crisis and reassuring Americans about the stability of their money in banks.

1940 - Winter War: Finland signed the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ending the conflict.

1947 - The Truman Doctrine was proclaimed to help stem the spread of communism by providing aid to Greece and Turkey.

1964 - Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam.

1993 - The Blizzard of 1993 began across the eastern United States, bringing record snowfall and causing widespread disruption.

1994 - The Church of England ordained its first female priests.

2003 - Elizabeth Smart, a 15-year-old girl from Utah, was found alive nine months after she was abducted from her home.

2009 - Financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in New York to operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, involving billions of dollars.

2011 - A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami, leading to a nuclear emergency.

2020 - The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic due to its rapid spread across the globe.

These are just a few notable events that happened on March 12 throughout history.