Today in History for 12th March 2017:
Historical Events
1940 – Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
1967 – Indonesian congress strips president Sukarno of authority and names General Suharto as acting President
1967 – Austria’s Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
1968 – Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1995 – Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch’s Golf Championship
2013 – JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits
Famous Birthdays
1880 – House Peters, England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory)
1912 – Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
1935 – John Doherty, English footballer (d. 2007)
1938 – Lew De Witt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall)
1949 – Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast
1985 – Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1898 – Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
1930 – William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (Victoria Cross recipient), dies in a training accident at 35
1980 – Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1988 – William Camp, dies at 74
1993 – Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
1998 – Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)