A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on March 12 throughout history.
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Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general Belisarius
First record of Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, a letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the Bible printed a year earlier
Fearing foreign invasion, Vladimir Lenin shifts revolutionary Russia's capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow
Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200-mile (320 km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
On 12 March 1994, 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests for the first time in history.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In last airs on NBC-TV
Romantic ballet "La Sylphide" by Filippo Taglioni premieres at the Opéra de Paris
The 2019–20 NHL season was the 103rd season of operation (102nd season of play) of the National Hockey League.
Maureen O'Hara was an Irish and American actress who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s.
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John...
Canadian-American art student and future actor Phil Hartman (21) weds first wife Gretchen Lewis; divorce in 1972
Chintila becomes the Visigothic king of Hispania upon the death of King Sisenand
Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
Pope Urban II (Latin: Urbanus II; c. 1035 – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088...
Pope Lucius II (died 15 February 1145), born Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1144 to his death in 1145.
Orvieto city in Italy announces it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples
The University of Vienna is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest...
Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian...
Governor Afonso d'Albuquerque establishes the first overseas Portuguese mint, to issue gold coins in the Indian trading city of Goa [1]
Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís Vaz de Camões (1524/5 – 1580) and first published in 1572.
A 'Company of Far Lands' established by Dutch merchants in Amsterdam to send ships to the East Indies, beginning of the Dutch East Indies Company [1]
England sends troops to Amiens
Bermuda officially becomes part of the Englisg Colony of Virginia
Batavia was an imperial Dutch port city that eventually, after two centuries of Dutch occupation, became the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ignatius of Loyola ( ig-NAY-shəs; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; c. 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556), venerated as...
1st naturalization act in American colonies
1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
French Revolution: The National Assembly issues a decree allowing for the sale of church land by French municipalities
Theatre Royal in London's Dury Lane opens after being rebuilt
Austria declares war on France
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush in California, which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush in California, which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
Desjardins Canal Train Disaster: Canadian Great Western passenger train crashes through rotting timber bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Ontario, killing 59 people [1]
Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who...
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded...
The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.
Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first Black international football player and captain
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States.
2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in north east US (400 die)
Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
The Orange Free State was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the...
Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
New York Highlanders (Yankees) baseball franchise is approved as a member of the American League
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London.
Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 9-3 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
Alarmed over increasing German naval strength, Parliament passes a new naval appropriations bill
Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv, or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv.
Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
French airship mistakenly attacks and sinks British submarine D3 with loss of all hands
Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people
Acting President Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn, Estonia
Britain establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages
Austria was part of Nazi Germany from 13 March 1938, an event known as the Anschluss, until 27 April 1945, when Allied-occupied Austria declared independence from Nazi Germany.
Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty in Moscow, surrendering to Russia and ceding 11% of their pre-WWII territory, ending the "Winter War"
German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
WWII: British troops vacate the Andaman Islands in Gulf of Bengal
Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
-5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in month of March (record tied in 1984)
For most of its history, what is today Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the medieval Carolingian Empire, or was divided into a number of smaller states.
Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
This is a list of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–1957. It lists infantry divisions in the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution to the reorganization of the Soviet Army in the...
Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on the second Monday in March.
Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
"Wooly Bully" is a song originally recorded by rock and roll band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in 1964.
Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a British Overseas Territory situated in the Indian Ocean.
A legal voting age is the minimum age that a person is allowed to vote in a democratic process.
Theodore Robert Bundy (né Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978.
1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched the Spring Offensive in March; the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was...
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of...
Salyut 6 was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth station of the Salyut programme, and alternatively known DOS-5 as it was the fifth of the Durable Orbital Station series of civilian space...
PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
British National Union of Mine Workers headed by Arthur Scargill supports regional strikes, calls for national action; strikes fail to achieve goals
Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
In March 1989, terrorists claimed to have poisoned fruit shipments from Chile to the United States, a claim seemingly supported by the discovery of two cyanide-laced grapes from Chile in...
LA Raiders announce their return to Oakland
OPEC announces oil production cut to 22.3 Mbbl/d (3,550,000 m3/d)
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of...
The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries.
The Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India.
"The Sound of Music" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other...
Elizabeth Ann Gilmour is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News.
Music work "I La Galigo" by Richard Wilson debuts in Singapore, based on Bugis creation myth from South Sulawesi (world's most voluminous literary work)
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.
Streaming service Hulu launches for public access in the United States
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
"The Flick", a play by Annie Baker opens off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2014) [1]
On March 12, 2014, an explosion occurred at 9:31 a.m. in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Come from Away is a musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
The death penalty is a legal punishment in Saudi Arabia. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the only country that still uses this method.
A Romanian court rules that Andrew Tate and his brother can be extradited to the UK only after the Romanian trial for human trafficking
Richard Steele, Irish anglo-irish writer and politician, known for anglo-irish writer and politician, was born on 1672-03-12.
Jack Kerouac, American writer, known for american writer, was born on 1922-03-12. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and…
Edward Albee, American playwright, known for american playwright, was born on 1928-03-12.
Ratko Mladić, Serbian serbian war criminal, known for serbian war criminal, was born on 1943-03-12.
Mitt Romney, American politician and businessman, known for american politician and businessman, was born on 1948-03-12.
Tammy Duckworth, American politician and military officer, known for american politician and military officer, was born on 1969-03-12.
Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer, and dancer, known for american actress, singer, and dancer, was born on 1947-03-12.
Aaron Eckhart, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1969-03-12. Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor.
Jaimie Alexander, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1985-03-12. Jaimie Lauren Alexander is an American actress.
Thomas Arne is born
James Taylor, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1949-03-12. James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Dale Murphy, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1957-03-12.
Darryl Strawberry athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1963-03-12. Darryl Eugene Strawberry Sr.
Janja Garnbret, Slovenian athlete, known for slovenian rock climber, was born on 2000-03-12.
John Abbott is born
Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, known for italian writer, was born on 1863-03-12.
Sun Yat-sen revolutionary and statesman, known for chinese revolutionary and statesman, died on 1925-03-12. Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925), a.k.a.
Ragnar Granit, Finnish swedish scientist, known for finnish and swedish scientist, died on 1991-03-12.
Michael Graves, American architect, designer, and educator, known for american architect, designer, and educator, died on 2015-03-12.
Terry Pratchett, English fantasy author, known for english fantasy author, died on 2015-03-12.
Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general Belisarius
Chintila becomes the Visigothic king of Hispania upon the death of King Sisenand
Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
Pope Urban II (Latin: Urbanus II; c. 1035 – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088...
Pope Lucius II (died 15 February 1145), born Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1144 to his death in 1145.
Orvieto city in Italy announces it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples
The University of Vienna is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest...
First record of Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, a letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the Bible printed a year earlier
Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian...
Governor Afonso d'Albuquerque establishes the first overseas Portuguese mint, to issue gold coins in the Indian trading city of Goa [1]
Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís Vaz de Camões (1524/5 – 1580) and first published in 1572.
A 'Company of Far Lands' established by Dutch merchants in Amsterdam to send ships to the East Indies, beginning of the Dutch East Indies Company [1]
England sends troops to Amiens
Bermuda officially becomes part of the Englisg Colony of Virginia
Batavia was an imperial Dutch port city that eventually, after two centuries of Dutch occupation, became the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ignatius of Loyola ( ig-NAY-shəs; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; c. 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556), venerated as...
1st naturalization act in American colonies
Richard Steele, Irish anglo-irish writer and politician, known for anglo-irish writer and politician, was born on 1672-03-12.
Thomas Arne is born
1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
French Revolution: The National Assembly issues a decree allowing for the sale of church land by French municipalities
Theatre Royal in London's Dury Lane opens after being rebuilt
Austria declares war on France
John Abbott is born
Romantic ballet "La Sylphide" by Filippo Taglioni premieres at the Opéra de Paris
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush in California, which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush in California, which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
Desjardins Canal Train Disaster: Canadian Great Western passenger train crashes through rotting timber bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Ontario, killing 59 people [1]
Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, known for italian writer, was born on 1863-03-12.
Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who...
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded...
The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.
Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first Black international football player and captain
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States.
2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in north east US (400 die)
Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
The Orange Free State was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the...
Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
New York Highlanders (Yankees) baseball franchise is approved as a member of the American League
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London.
Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 9-3 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
Alarmed over increasing German naval strength, Parliament passes a new naval appropriations bill
Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv, or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv.
Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
French airship mistakenly attacks and sinks British submarine D3 with loss of all hands
Fearing foreign invasion, Vladimir Lenin shifts revolutionary Russia's capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow
Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
Jack Kerouac, American writer, known for american writer, was born on 1922-03-12. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and…
Sun Yat-sen revolutionary and statesman, known for chinese revolutionary and statesman, died on 1925-03-12. Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925), a.k.a.
Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people
Edward Albee, American playwright, known for american playwright, was born on 1928-03-12.
Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200-mile (320 km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
Acting President Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn, Estonia
Britain establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages
Austria was part of Nazi Germany from 13 March 1938, an event known as the Anschluss, until 27 April 1945, when Allied-occupied Austria declared independence from Nazi Germany.
Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty in Moscow, surrendering to Russia and ceding 11% of their pre-WWII territory, ending the "Winter War"
German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
WWII: British troops vacate the Andaman Islands in Gulf of Bengal
Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
Ratko Mladić, Serbian serbian war criminal, known for serbian war criminal, was born on 1943-03-12.
30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers
Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer, and dancer, known for american actress, singer, and dancer, was born on 1947-03-12.
-5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in month of March (record tied in 1984)
Mitt Romney, American politician and businessman, known for american politician and businessman, was born on 1948-03-12.
James Taylor, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1949-03-12. James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
For most of its history, what is today Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the medieval Carolingian Empire, or was divided into a number of smaller states.
Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
This is a list of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–1957. It lists infantry divisions in the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution to the reorganization of the Soviet Army in the...
Dale Murphy, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1957-03-12.
Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on the second Monday in March.
Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
Darryl Strawberry athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1963-03-12. Darryl Eugene Strawberry Sr.
"Wooly Bully" is a song originally recorded by rock and roll band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in 1964.
Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
Maureen O'Hara was an Irish and American actress who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s.
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a British Overseas Territory situated in the Indian Ocean.
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John...
Tammy Duckworth, American politician and military officer, known for american politician and military officer, was born on 1969-03-12.
Aaron Eckhart, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1969-03-12. Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor.
Canadian-American art student and future actor Phil Hartman (21) weds first wife Gretchen Lewis; divorce in 1972
A legal voting age is the minimum age that a person is allowed to vote in a democratic process.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In last airs on NBC-TV
Theodore Robert Bundy (né Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978.
1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched the Spring Offensive in March; the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was...
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of...
Salyut 6 was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth station of the Salyut programme, and alternatively known DOS-5 as it was the fifth of the Durable Orbital Station series of civilian space...
PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
British National Union of Mine Workers headed by Arthur Scargill supports regional strikes, calls for national action; strikes fail to achieve goals
Jaimie Alexander, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1985-03-12. Jaimie Lauren Alexander is an American actress.
Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
In March 1989, terrorists claimed to have poisoned fruit shipments from Chile to the United States, a claim seemingly supported by the discovery of two cyanide-laced grapes from Chile in...
LA Raiders announce their return to Oakland
OPEC announces oil production cut to 22.3 Mbbl/d (3,550,000 m3/d)
Ragnar Granit, Finnish swedish scientist, known for finnish and swedish scientist, died on 1991-03-12.
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of...
The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries.
On 12 March 1994, 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests for the first time in history.
The Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India.
"The Sound of Music" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other...
Janja Garnbret, Slovenian athlete, known for slovenian rock climber, was born on 2000-03-12.
Elizabeth Ann Gilmour is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News.
Music work "I La Galigo" by Richard Wilson debuts in Singapore, based on Bugis creation myth from South Sulawesi (world's most voluminous literary work)
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.
Streaming service Hulu launches for public access in the United States
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
"The Flick", a play by Annie Baker opens off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2014) [1]
On March 12, 2014, an explosion occurred at 9:31 a.m. in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Michael Graves, American architect, designer, and educator, known for american architect, designer, and educator, died on 2015-03-12.
Terry Pratchett, English fantasy author, known for english fantasy author, died on 2015-03-12.
Come from Away is a musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
The 2019–20 NHL season was the 103rd season of operation (102nd season of play) of the National Hockey League.
The death penalty is a legal punishment in Saudi Arabia. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the only country that still uses this method.
A Romanian court rules that Andrew Tate and his brother can be extradited to the UK only after the Romanian trial for human trafficking