March 12: Shushan Purim begins at sunset in Jerusalem and Susa (Judaism, 2017)
Harry S. Truman
- 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ended his siege of Rome, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
- 1881 – Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national football team and became the world's first black international footballer.
- 1913 – The future capital of Australia was officially named Canberra during a ceremony officiated by Gertrude, Lady Denman, the wife of Governor-General Lord Denman.
- 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman (pictured) proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of Communism.
- 1952 – British diplomat Hastings Ismay was appointed as the first Secretary General of NATO.
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