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Thursday, 12 March 2026

2006

In a One Day International cricket match between Australia and South Africa, the Australians set a world record with 434 runs, only to see South Africa successfully chase down their total with 438.

2005

Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.

2004

The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its national assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.

2003

Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.

1999

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

1994

The Church of England ordains its first female priests.

1993

Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.

North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

The Blizzard of 1993

1992

Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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