2009 - Madoff pleads guilty in Wall Street scam.
1993 - North Korea announces withdrawal from Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
1947 - Truman Doctrine established to prevent spread of Communism.
1933 - Roosevelt's first fireside chat.
1864 - American Civil War: Union begins their ill-fated Red River campaign
This Day In Business
1964 - New Hampshire becomes the first state to legally sell lottery tickets in the United States.
1986 - Les Miserables moves from London to Broadway Theater where it played for 17 years.
1664 - Named after small Island off Normandy coast, New Jersey becomes an English colony
2009 - Syracuse beats Connecticut in a big east game that goes to a record 6 overtimes.
March 12th Holiday
Girl Scout Birthday - Celebrates the founding of the Girl Scouts in the United States.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He ran a ballroom dancing school in Kent, England. Who is he?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the March 12 Birthday Horoscope.
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