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This day in history: March 12

1894 - In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.

1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girls Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

1918 - Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

1928 - In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.

1964 - New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first state to sell lottery tickets in the modern era.

1993 - 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.

2003 - Missing teen Elizabeth Smart is found in Sandy, Utah.

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