In the present day is Wednesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2025. There are 294 days left within the yr.
In the present day in historical past:
On March 12, 1930, Mohandas Gandhi started his 24-day, 240-mile “Salt March” to the Indian village of Dandi (then known as Navsari) as an act of non-violent civil disobedience to protest the salt tax levied by colonial Britain.
Additionally on this date:
In 1912, the Woman Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, based the primary American troop of the Woman Guides.
