March 12 in history: • 1088 – Odo of Châtillon was elected as the 159th pope of the Catholic Church. → go there • 1913 – At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra. → go there • 1940 – The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. → go there • 1971 – The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel (pictured). → go there • 2006 – U.S. Army soldiers gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her along with her family members. → go there Died 1316: Stefan Dragutin Wiki link Born 1795: William Lyon Mackenzie Wiki link Born 1976: Zhao Wei Wiki link Died 2008: Lazare Ponticelli Wiki link Pictured: Süleyman Demirel.