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'''Ip Chun''' (葉準 or Yip Jun 1924- ) is [[Yip Man]]'s eldest son.
'''[[March 12]]''' is the [[71 (number)|71st]] day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (72nd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 294 days remaining.
He had a late start in the discipline of [[Wing Chun]] though he practiced some basic skills as early as age seven.
He was instrumental in planning and starting the Hong Kong Ving Tsun Atheletic Association for his father since 1965. He had been the treasurer, board member and chairman of the board of the association.
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==Events==
He started teaching Wing Chun in 1967 in accordance with his fathers wishes.
*[[515 BC]] - Construction is completed on the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].
He gave seminars around the world between 1985 and [[2001]].
*[[1664]] - [[New Jersey]] becomes a colony of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]].
*[[1803]] - [[Port Gibson, MS]] is chartered
*[[1894]] - [[Coca-Cola]] is sold in bottles for the first time
*[[1912]] - The [[Girl Guides]] (later renamed the [[Girl Scouts]] in the US) are founded in the US.
*[[1913]] - [[Canberra]] becomes the capital of [[Australia]].
*[[1928]] - In [[California]], the [[St. Francis Dam]] fails, killing 400 people.
*[[1930]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] leads a 200-mile march known as ''[[Dandi March]]'' to the sea in defiance of [[United Kingdom|British]] opposition, to protest the British monopoly on [[edible salt|salt]].
*[[1933]] - [[Great Depression]]: [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] addresses the nation for the first time as [[President of the United States]]. This was also the first of his "[[Fireside Chats]]."
*[[1938]] - ''[[Anschluss]]:'' [[Germany|German]] troops occupy [[Austria]]; annexation declared the following day.
*[[1940]] - [[Winter War]]: [[Finland]] signs a [[Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)|harsh peace treaty]] with the [[Soviet Union]], ceding almost all of [[Finnish Karelia]]. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
*[[1947]] - The [[Truman Doctrine]] is proclaimed to help stem the spread of [[Communism]].
*[[1951]] - The ''[[Dennis the Menace]]'' [[comic strip]] appears in [[newspaper]]s across the USA for the first time.
*[[1956]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above 500 for the [[Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average|first time]] (500.24)
*[[1958]] - In [[Hilversum]], [[Netherlands]], [[André Claveau]] wins the third [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[France]] singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).
* [[1960]] - A fire at a chemical plant in [[Pusan, Korea|Pusan]], [[Korea]] kills 68.
* [[1967]] - [[Suharto]] takes over from [[Sukarno]] to become [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|President]] of [[Indonesia]].
*[[1968]] - [[Mauritius]] achieves independence.
*[[1987]] - [[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]] opens on [[Broadway]].
*[[1992]]
** [[Mauritius]] becomes a [[republic]] while remaining a member of the [[British Commonwealth]].
** 13 are killed and several injured when a [[tram]]-car crashes into a crowd of people at the tram-station at [[Vasaplatsen]] in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]].
*[[1993]] - Several bombs explode in [[Bombay]], [[India]] killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
*[[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 nuclear sites.
*[[1994]] - A photo by [[Marmaduke Wetherell]], previously touted as 'proof' of the [[Loch Ness monster]], is confirmed to be a hoax.
*[[1994]] - The [[Church of England]] ordains its first female priests.
*[[1997]] - [[Mikail Markhasev]] is arrested in [[Los Angeles, California]] and charged with shooting [[Bill Cosby]]'s 27-year-old son, [[Ennis Cosby]].
*[[1999]] - Former Warsaw Pact members the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]] and [[Poland]] join [[NATO]].
*[[2002]] - In [[Texas]], [[Andrea Yates]] is found guilty of drowning her five children on [[June 20]], [[2001]]. She is later sentenced to life in prison.
*[[2003]] - [[Zoran Đinđić]], Prime Minister of [[Serbia]], assassinated in [[Belgrade]].
*[[2004]] - [[Roh Moo-hyun]], [[President of South Korea]] is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.
*[[2005]] - [[Tung Chee Hwa]], the first [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]], steps down from his post after his [[resignation]] is approved by the Chinese central government.
==Births Lineage ==
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*[[1270]] - [[Charles of Valois]], son of [[Philip III of France]] (d. [[1325]])
| colspan="4" align="center" | Lineage in Wing Chun
*[[1386]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshimochi]], Japanese shogun (d. [[1428]])
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*[[1478]] - [[Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (d. [[1516]])
|[[sifu]]||his father [[Yip Man]] (葉問) || colspan=2 rowspan=2|
*[[1607]] - [[Paul Gerhardt]], German hymnist (d. [[1676]])
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*[[1613]] - [[André Le Nôtre]], French landscape architect (d. [[1700]])
| colspan="2" align="center" | <br>'''Ip Chun''' (葉準)<br>
*[[1620]] - [[Johann Heinrich Hottinger]], Swiss philologist and theologian (d. [[1667]])
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*[[1626]] - [[John Aubrey]], English antiquary and writer (d. [[1697]])
|students||numerous including<br>
*[[1637]] - [[Anne Hyde]], wife of [[James II of England]] (d. [[1671]])
[[Shaun Rawcliffe]] web site:[http://www.wingchun.co.uk/ Midlands Wing Chun Kuen (UK)]
*[[1647]] - [[Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie]], French general (d. [[1727]])
<br>
*[[1685]] - [[George Berkeley]], Irish theologian (d. [[1753]])
[[Colin Ward]] web site:[http://www.wingchunkwoon.net/ Northern Wing Chun Kung Fu Association (UK)]
*[[1718]] - [[Joseph Damer]], English politician (d. [[1798]])
<br>
*[[1806]] - [[Jane Pierce]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1863]])
[[Samuel Kwok]] web site:[http://www.kwokwingchun.co.uk/ Samuel Kwok Wing Chun Assc.]
*[[1831]] - [[Clement Studebaker]], American automobile pioneer (d. [[1901]])
|}
*[[1824]] - [[Gustav Kirchhoff]], German physicist (d. [[1887]])
*[[1863]] - [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], Italian writer, war hero, and politician (d. [[1938]])
*[[1863]] - [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], Russian mineralogist (d. [[1945]])
*[[1888]] - [[Vaslav Nijinsky]], Polish-born ballet dancer (d. [[1950]])
*[[1895]] - [[William C. Lee]], U.S. Army general (d. [[1948]])
*[[1896]] - [[John Joseph Caldwell Abbott|Sir John Abbott]], third [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. [[1893]])
*[[1908]] - [[Rita Angus]], New Zealand painter (d. [[1970]])
*[[1912]] - [[Irving Layton]], Canadian poet
*[[1918]] - [[Elaine de Kooning]], American artist (d. [[1989]])
*[[1921]] - [[Gianni Agnelli]], Italian auto executive (d. [[2003]])
*[[1921]] - [[Gordon MacRae]], American singer and actor (d. [[1986]])
*[[1922]] - [[Jack Kerouac]], American writer (d. [[1969]])
*1922 - [[Lane Kirkland]], American labor leader (d. [[1999]])
*[[1923]] - [[Wally Schirra]], astronaut
*1923 - [[Hjalmar Andersen]], Norwegian speed skater
*[[1925]] - [[Leo Esaki]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*1925 - [[Harry Harrison]], American author
*[[1928]] - [[Edward Albee]], American dramatist
*[[1932]] - [[Barbara Feldon]], American actress
*1932 - [[Andrew Young]], American civil rights activist, politician, and ambassador to the United Nations
*[[1940]] - [[Al Jarreau]], American singer
*[[1941]] - [[Barbara Feldon]], American actress and model
*[[1942]] - [[Ratko Mladić]], Republika Srpska leader
*[[1945]] - [[Sammy Gravano|Sammy "The Bull" Gravano]], American gangster
*[[1946]] - [[Liza Minnelli]], American singer and actress
*[[1947]] - [[Kalervo Palsa]], Finnish artist, (d. [[1987]])
*[[1948]] - [[James Taylor]], American musician
*[[1953]] - [[Carl Hiaasen]], American journalist and author
*[[1953]] - [[Ron Jeremy]], American actor
*[[1957]] - [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]], English musician ([[Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]])
*1957 - [[Marlon Jackson]], American singer ([[The Jackson 5]])
*[[1962]] - [[Darryl Strawberry]], baseball player
*[[1963]] - [[Joaquim Cruz]], Brazilian runner
*[[1965]] - [[Steve Finley]], baseball player
*[[1969]] - [[Graham Coxon]], English musician
*[[1970]] - [[Roy Khan]], Norwegian singer ([[Kamelot]])
*[[1979]] - [[Pete Doherty]], English singer and guitarist ([[The Libertines]] and [[Babyshambles]])
*[[1985]] - [[Bradley Wright-Phillips]], English footballer
*[[1986]] - [[Danny Jones]], British singer ([[McFly]])
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==Deaths==
*[[604]] - Pope [[Gregory I]]
*[[1289]] - King [[Demetre II of Georgia]] (b. [[1259]])
*[[1374]] - [[Emperor Go-Kogon]] of Japan (b. [[1336]])
*[[1447]] - [[Shah Rukh (Timurid dynasty)|Shah Rukh]], ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. [[1377]])
*[[1507]] - [[Cesare Borgia]], Italian general and statesman (b. [[1475]])
*[[1608]] - [[Koriki Kiyonaga]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1530]])
*[[1628]] - [[John Bull (composer)|John Bull]], English composer
*[[1648]] - [[Tirso de Molina]], Spanish writer
*[[1681]] - [[Frans van Mieris, Sr.]], Dutch painter (b. [[1635]])
*[[1699]] - [[Peder Griffenfeld]], Danish statesman (b. [[1635]])
*[[1790]] - [[Andreas Hadik]], Austro-Hungarian general (b. [[1710]])
*[[1872]] - [[Zeng Guofan]], Chinese politician and general (b. [[1811]])
*[[1889]] - Emperor [[Yohannes IV of Ethiopia]]
*[[1898]] - [[Zacharias Topelius]], Finnish-Swedish writer (b. [[1818]])
*[[1925]] - [[Sun Yat Sen]], Chinese revolutionary, politician (b. [[1866]])
*[[1937]] - [[Charles-Marie Widor]], French organist and composer (b. [[1844]])
*[[1943]] - [[Gustav Vigeland]], Norwegian sculptor (b. [[1869]])
*[[1944]] - [[Artur Gavazzi]], Croatian geographer (b. [[1861]])
*[[1945]] - [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (b. [[1929]])
*[[1947]] - [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]], American novelist (b. [[1871]])
*[[1955]] - [[Charlie Parker]], American jazz saxophonist (b. [[1920]])
*[[1978]] - [[John Cazale]], American actor (b. [[1935]])
*[[1984]] - [[Arnold Ridley]], British playwright and actor (b. [[1896]])
*[[1985]] - [[Eugene Ormandy]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1899]])
*[[1987]] - [[Woody Hayes]], American football coach (b. [[1913]])
*[[1989]] - [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]], British actor (b. [[1901]])
*[[1990]] - [[Wallace Breem]], British author (b. [[1926]])
*[[1991]] - [[Ragnar Granit]], Finnish neuroscientist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1900]])
*[[1995]] - [[Juanin Clay]], American actress (b. [[1949]])
*[[1998]] - [[Beatrice Wood]], American artist and ceramist (b. [[1893]])
*[[1999]] - Sir [[Yehudi Menuhin]], American-born violinist (b. [[1916]])
*[[2001]] - [[Morton Downey, Jr.]], American television talk show host (b. [[1933]])
*2001 - [[Robert Ludlum]], author (b. [[1927]])
*[[2002]] - [[Spyros Kyprianou]], Cypriot politician (b. [[1932]])
*[[2003]] - [[Zoran Đinđić]], [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (b. [[1952]])
*2003 - [[Howard Fast]], American author (b. [[1914]])
*2003 - [[Lynne Thigpen]], American actress (b. [[1948]])
*[[2005]] - [[Bill Cameron]], Canadian journalist (b. [[1943]])
==Holidays and observances==
*[[Roman Catholic Church]] - [[Feast day]] of [[St Theophanes]]
*[[Mauritius]] - National Day
*[[Sweden]] - Namesday of Crown Princess [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria]], an [[Flag days in Sweden|Official Flag Day]]
*[[Flag Day]] in [[Venezuela]]
*Ancient [[Latvia]] - [[Gregoru Diena]] observed
== Fiction ==
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption]],'' the character Andy Dufresne escapes from Shawshank Prison on March 12, [[1975]].
== External links ==
*[http://www.ipchun.org/ his website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12 BBC: On This Day]
* [http://www.tnlipchun.net/when/3/12 Todayhis in History:students Marchassociation 12website]
*[http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/theoutsiders2005/20051021.html A TV programme of RTHK that interviewed Peter, a Swedish and one of his students]
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[[March 11]] - [[March 13]] - [[February 12]] - [[April 12]] -- [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
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