March 12

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Events

515 BC - Construction is completed on the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
538 - Witiges, Germanic king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Ancient Rome general, Belisarius.
1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Kingdom of Great Britain.
1868 - Henry James O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
1881 - Andrew Watson made his Scotland national football team debut as the world's first black (people) international football (soccer) player and captain (football).
1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1908 - The Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
1912 - The Girl Guide and Girl Scout (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
1913 - Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia was officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)
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 400 people.
1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of United Kingdom opposition, to protest the British Empire monopoly on edible 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 troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
1940 - Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finland troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1954 - Sahitya Akademi is founded in India.
1956 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (500.24)
1967 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become List of Presidents of Indonesia of Indonesia.
1968 - Mauritius achieves independence.
1992 - Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 - Several 1993 Mumbai bombings in Bombay (Mumbai), 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 - The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
1999 - Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
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 China central government.

Births

1270 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)
1386 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
1478 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
1607 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)
1613 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)
1620 - Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)
1626 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671)
1647 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
1685 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (d. 1753)
1710 - Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
1718 - Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798)
1806 - Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
1821 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
1824 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
1831 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (d. 1901)
1832 - Charles Boycott, British land agent and originator of the term to boycott (d. 1897)
1835 - Simon Newcomb, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
1837 - Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
1838 - Sir William Henry Perkin, English chemist (d. 1907)
1859 - Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)
1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer (d. 1938)
1863 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)
1864 - W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1880 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (d. 1958)
1880 - Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (d. 1952)
1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1881 - Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist (d. 1923)
1883 - Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1959)
1889 - Þórbergur Þórðarson, Icelandic author (d. 1974)
1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (d. 1950)
1890 - William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
1895 - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948)
1907 - Arthur Hewlett, British actor (d. 1997)
1907 - Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
1908 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
1911 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (d. 1979)
1912 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
1912 - Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger and conductor (d. 1996)
1918 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989)
1921 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (d. 2003)
1921 - Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (d. 2007)
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 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater
1923 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
1923 - Wally Schirra, American astronaut (d. 2007)
1923 - Mae Young, American professional wrestler
1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
1925 - Georges Delerue, French film composer (d. 1992)
1925 - Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
1925 - Harry Harrison, American author
1928 - Edward Albee, American dramatist
1928 - Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator
1928 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007)
1929 - U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
1930 - Vernon Law, American baseball player
1931 - Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
1931 - Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, American actor (d. 1980)
1932 - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model
1932 - Andrew Young, American civil rights activist and politician
1936 - Patrick Procktor, English artist (d. 2003)
1938 - Johnny Rutherford, American automobile racer
1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer
1940 - M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
1942 - Ratko Mladić, Republika Srpska leader
1942 - Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977
1945 - Sammy Gravano, American gangster
1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
1946 - Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (d. 2004)
1947 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
1947 - Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
1948 - James Taylor, American musician
1948 - Kent Conrad, Democratic Senator of North Dakota
1948 - Virginia Bottomley, British politician
1949 - Rob Cohen, American film director, producer and writer
1949 - Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast
1950 - Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager
1950 - Jon Provost, American actor
1952 - Eliézer Niyitegeka, Rwandan journalist, politician and Rwandan Genocide
1953 - Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
1953 - Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
1956 - Steve Harris (musician), English musician (Iron Maiden)
1956 - Dale Murphy, American baseball player
1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
1960 - Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
1960 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer
1960 - Courtney B. Vance, American actor
1961 - Joseph Facal, Quebec politician
1962 - Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
1963 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
1965 - Steve Finley, American baseball player
1965 - Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player
1965 - Steve Levy, American sports journalist
1965 - Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer
1967 - Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
1968 - Aaron Eckhart, American actor
1969 - Graham Coxon, English musician (Blur (band))
1969 - Jake Tapper, American journalist
1970 - Dave Eggers, American writer, editor, and publisher
1970 - Sean Hopp, American painter and musician
1970 - Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot)
1970 - John Nemechek, American NASCAR driver (d. 1997)
1971 - Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor
1972 - Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
1972 - James Maritato, American professional wrestler
1975 - Kelle Bryan, English singer
1975 - Annabel Port, English radio presenter
1976 - Simon Young (journalist), English music journalist
1976 - Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
1977 - Mark Hendry, New Zealand actor
1978 - Masuimi Max, American model
1978 - Casey Mears, American auto racer
1978 - Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
1978 - Arina Tanemura, Japanese mangaka
1979 - Pete Doherty, English musician
1979 - Nidia Guenard, American professional wrestler
1979 - Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1984 - Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1985 - Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1985 - Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
1986 - Danny Jones, English singer (McFly (band))
1891 - George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)

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), 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), English composer
1648 - Tirso de Molina, Spanish writer (b. 1571)
1681 - Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1699 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)
1757 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (b. 1696)
1790 - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
1832 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (b. 1786)
1872 - Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)
1894 - Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1898 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
1908 - Edmondo De Amicis, Italian children's writer (b. 1846)
1909 - Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (b. 1860)
1914 - George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer (b. 1846)
1916 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (b. 1830)
1925 - Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (b. 1866)
1929 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
1930 - Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (b. 1851)
1930 - William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (b. 1894)
1937 - Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
1937 - Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (b. 1858)
1942 - Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
1943 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
1944 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861)
1946 - Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician (executed) (b. 1897)
1947 - Winston Churchill (novelist), American novelist (b. 1871)
1955 - Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1920)
1973 - Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1974 - George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (b. 1904)
1978 - John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)
1978 - Gene Moore (baseball outfielder), American baseball player (b. 1909)
1980 - Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1984 - Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
1985 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (b. 1899)
1987 - Woody Hayes, American football coach (b. 1913)
1989 - Maurice Evans (actor), English-born actor (b. 1901)
1990 - Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926)
1991 - Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1900)
1995 - Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949)
1998 - Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
1998 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (b. 1893)
1998 - Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (b. 1924)
1999 - Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)
2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 - Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2002 - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
2002 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2003 - Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2003 - Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
2003 - Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
2003 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
2005 - Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
2006 - István Gyulai, Hungarian athletic official (b. 1943)
2006 - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)

Holidays and observances

Faroe Islands - Grækarismessa (Mass of St. Gregor): According to tradition, the Eurasian Oystercatcher, the Faroes' national bird returns this day. This event is celebrated in the capital, Tórshavn
Mauritius - National Day.
Ancient Latvia - Gregoru Diena observed.
Arbor Day in People's Republic of China and Republic of China.
Adelaide Cup in South Australia

Liturgical feasts In the Roman Catholic Church:

St. Theophanes the Confessor
St. Maximilian
St. Fina

External links

BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada

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Events

515 BC - Construction is completed on the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
538 - Witiges, Germanic king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Ancient Rome general, Belisarius.
1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Kingdom of Great Britain.
1868 - Henry James O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
1881 - Andrew Watson made his Scotland national football team debut as the world's first black (people) international football (soccer) player and captain (football).
1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1908 - The Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
1912 - The Girl Guide and Girl Scout (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
1913 - Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia was officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)
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 400 people.
1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of United Kingdom opposition, to protest the British Empire monopoly on edible 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 troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
1940 - Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finland troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1954 - Sahitya Akademi is founded in India.
1956 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (500.24)
1967 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become List of Presidents of Indonesia of Indonesia.
1968 - Mauritius achieves independence.
1992 - Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 - Several 1993 Mumbai bombings in Bombay (Mumbai), 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 - The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
1999 - Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
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 China central government.

Births

1270 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)
1386 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
1478 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
1607 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)
1613 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)
1620 - Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)
1626 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671)
1647 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
1685 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (d. 1753)
1710 - Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
1718 - Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798)
1806 - Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
1821 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
1824 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
1831 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (d. 1901)
1832 - Charles Boycott, British land agent and originator of the term to boycott (d. 1897)
1835 - Simon Newcomb, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
1837 - Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
1838 - Sir William Henry Perkin, English chemist (d. 1907)
1859 - Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)
1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer (d. 1938)
1863 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)
1864 - W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1880 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (d. 1958)
1880 - Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (d. 1952)
1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1881 - Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist (d. 1923)
1883 - Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1959)
1889 - Þórbergur Þórðarson, Icelandic author (d. 1974)
1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (d. 1950)
1890 - William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
1895 - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948)
1907 - Arthur Hewlett, British actor (d. 1997)
1907 - Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
1908 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
1911 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (d. 1979)
1912 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
1912 - Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger and conductor (d. 1996)
1918 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989)
1921 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (d. 2003)
1921 - Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (d. 2007)
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 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater
1923 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
1923 - Wally Schirra, American astronaut (d. 2007)
1923 - Mae Young, American professional wrestler
1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
1925 - Georges Delerue, French film composer (d. 1992)
1925 - Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
1925 - Harry Harrison, American author
1928 - Edward Albee, American dramatist
1928 - Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator
1928 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007)
1929 - U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
1930 - Vernon Law, American baseball player
1931 - Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
1931 - Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, American actor (d. 1980)
1932 - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model
1932 - Andrew Young, American civil rights activist and politician
1936 - Patrick Procktor, English artist (d. 2003)
1938 - Johnny Rutherford, American automobile racer
1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer
1940 - M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
1942 - Ratko Mladić, Republika Srpska leader
1942 - Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977
1945 - Sammy Gravano, American gangster
1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
1946 - Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (d. 2004)
1947 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
1947 - Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
1948 - James Taylor, American musician
1948 - Kent Conrad, Democratic Senator of North Dakota
1948 - Virginia Bottomley, British politician
1949 - Rob Cohen, American film director, producer and writer
1949 - Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast
1950 - Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager
1950 - Jon Provost, American actor
1952 - Eliézer Niyitegeka, Rwandan journalist, politician and Rwandan Genocide
1953 - Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
1953 - Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
1956 - Steve Harris (musician), English musician (Iron Maiden)
1956 - Dale Murphy, American baseball player
1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
1960 - Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
1960 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer
1960 - Courtney B. Vance, American actor
1961 - Joseph Facal, Quebec politician
1962 - Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
1963 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
1965 - Steve Finley, American baseball player
1965 - Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player
1965 - Steve Levy, American sports journalist
1965 - Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer
1967 - Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
1968 - Aaron Eckhart, American actor
1969 - Graham Coxon, English musician (Blur (band))
1969 - Jake Tapper, American journalist
1970 - Dave Eggers, American writer, editor, and publisher
1970 - Sean Hopp, American painter and musician
1970 - Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot)
1970 - John Nemechek, American NASCAR driver (d. 1997)
1971 - Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor
1972 - Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
1972 - James Maritato, American professional wrestler
1975 - Kelle Bryan, English singer
1975 - Annabel Port, English radio presenter
1976 - Simon Young (journalist), English music journalist
1976 - Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
1977 - Mark Hendry, New Zealand actor
1978 - Masuimi Max, American model
1978 - Casey Mears, American auto racer
1978 - Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
1978 - Arina Tanemura, Japanese mangaka
1979 - Pete Doherty, English musician
1979 - Nidia Guenard, American professional wrestler
1979 - Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1984 - Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1985 - Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1985 - Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
1986 - Danny Jones, English singer (McFly (band))
1891 - George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)

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), 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), English composer
1648 - Tirso de Molina, Spanish writer (b. 1571)
1681 - Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1699 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)
1757 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (b. 1696)
1790 - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
1832 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (b. 1786)
1872 - Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)
1894 - Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1898 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
1908 - Edmondo De Amicis, Italian children's writer (b. 1846)
1909 - Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (b. 1860)
1914 - George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer (b. 1846)
1916 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (b. 1830)
1925 - Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (b. 1866)
1929 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
1930 - Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (b. 1851)
1930 - William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (b. 1894)
1937 - Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
1937 - Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (b. 1858)
1942 - Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
1943 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
1944 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861)
1946 - Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician (executed) (b. 1897)
1947 - Winston Churchill (novelist), American novelist (b. 1871)
1955 - Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1920)
1973 - Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1974 - George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (b. 1904)
1978 - John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)
1978 - Gene Moore (baseball outfielder), American baseball player (b. 1909)
1980 - Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1984 - Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
1985 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (b. 1899)
1987 - Woody Hayes, American football coach (b. 1913)
1989 - Maurice Evans (actor), English-born actor (b. 1901)
1990 - Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926)
1991 - Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1900)
1995 - Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949)
1998 - Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
1998 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (b. 1893)
1998 - Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (b. 1924)
1999 - Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)
2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 - Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2002 - Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
2002 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2003 - Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2003 - Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
2003 - Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
2003 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
2005 - Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
2006 - István Gyulai, Hungarian athletic official (b. 1943)
2006 - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)

Holidays and observances

Faroe Islands - Grækarismessa (Mass of St. Gregor): According to tradition, the Eurasian Oystercatcher, the Faroes' national bird returns this day. This event is celebrated in the capital, Tórshavn
Mauritius - National Day.
Ancient Latvia - Gregoru Diena observed.
Arbor Day in People's Republic of China and Republic of China.
Adelaide Cup in South Australia

Liturgical feasts In the Roman Catholic Church:

St. Theophanes the Confessor
St. Maximilian
St. Fina

External links

BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada

March 12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 294 days remaining until the end of the year.

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March 12: The Old English deadline for planting onions. March 18: Sheellah's Day The Irish festival in honour of Sheelah-na-gig.

Monday March 12 2007 | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk
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1993: Bombay hit by devastating bombs. At least 200 people are killed when a series of devastating bombs explode in India's financial capital.

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93 MARCH 12 March 1 In Amsterdam, the capital of German-occupied Holland in the Second World War, Anne Frank and her family and four other Jews hid from the Nazis in concealed ...