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Historical Event on 3/12/1917

Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
4/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
11/8/1990Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80).
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.