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This Day in History
March 12
0417 Pope Innocent I dies
1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
1479 Monarch of Florence Giuliano de' Medici born
1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1857 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice
1863 Military Hero Gabriele D'Annunzio born
1878 Italian Saint Gemma Galgani born
1908 Writer Edmondo de Amicis dies at 61
1915 Artist Alberto Burri born
1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising
1946 Entertainer Liza Minnelli (daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli) born
1958 Who's Sorry Now is a hit song by Connie Francis
1967 The Beat Goes on is a hit song by Sonny & Cher
1976 December 1963 Oh What a Night is a chart-topper for The Four Seasons
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