March 12th, 2010

Today in History

2004:
Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.

1999:
Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

1960:
A fire at a chemical plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.

1958:
In Hilversum, Netherlands, André Claveau wins the third Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).

1940:
Winter War: Finland signs a harsh peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.