March 12

What happened on March 12 in history

3 events fall on March 12, from 1930 to 1989. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on March 12

  1. 1930

    Gandhi begins the Salt March

    He sets out from Sabarmati to walk 385 kilometres to the sea and make salt.

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  2. 1938

    The Anschluss

    German troops enter Austria and the country is annexed.

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  3. 1989

    The World Wide Web is proposed

    Tim Berners-Lee circulates a memo at CERN on information management.

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