12 Mar - Kngine

2008	March 12	Death Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer and media host (birth 1949)
2008	March 12	Death Lazare Ponticelli, French soldier (birth 1897)
2006	March 12	Death Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (birth 1947)
2005	March 12	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.
2005	March 12	Death Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (birth 1943)
2005	March 12	Death Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (birth 1932)
2004	March 12	A President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.
2003	March 12	Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
2003	March 12	Death Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (birth 1952)
2003	March 12	Death Howard Fast, American author (birth 1914)
2003	March 12	Death Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (birth 1973)
2003	March 12	Death Lynne Thigpen, American actress (birth 1948)
2002	March 12	Death Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (birth 1932)
2002	March 12	Death Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (birth 1923)
2001	March 12	Death Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (birth 1933)
2001	March 12	Death Robert Ludlum, American author (birth 1927)
1999	March 12	Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
1999	March 12	Death Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (birth 1916)
1998	March 12	Death Judge Dread, English musician (birth 1945)
1998	March 12	Death Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (birth 1924)
1998	March 12	Death Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (birth 1893)
1995	March 12	Death Juanin Clay, American actress (birth 1949)
1994	March 12	The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
1994	March 12	Birth Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
1993	March 12	Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
1993	March 12	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 its nuclear sites.
1993	March 12	The Blizzard of 1993 - Snow would begin to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm would last another 30 hours before it left the US.
1992	March 12	Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1991	March 12	Death Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (birth 1900)
1990	March 12	Death Wallace Breem, British author (birth 1926)
1989	March 12	Death Maurice Evans, English-born actor (birth 1901)
1987	March 12	Birth Chris Seitz, American footballer
1987	March 12	Death Woody Hayes, American football coach (birth 1913)
1986	March 12	Birth Danny Jones, English singer (McFly)
1986	March 12	Birth Ben Offereins, Australian athlete
1985	March 12	Birth Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1985	March 12	Birth Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
1985	March 12	Death Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (birth 1899)
1984	March 12	Birth Jaimie Alexander, American actress
1984	March 12	Birth Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1984	March 12	Death Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (birth 1896)
1983	March 12	Birth Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer
1982	March 12	Birth Samm Levine, American actor
1982	March 12	Birth Zach Miner, American baseball player
1982	March 12	Birth Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1981	March 12	Birth Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
1980	March 12	Birth Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
1980	March 12	Death Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (birth 1914)
1979	March 12	Birth Pete Doherty, English musician
1979	March 12	Birth Rhys Coiro, American actor
1979	March 12	Birth Nidia Guenard, American wrestler
1979	March 12	Birth Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
1978	March 12	Birth Masuimi Max, American model
1978	March 12	Birth Casey Mears, American auto racer
1978	March 12	Birth Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
1978	March 12	Birth Arina Tanemura, Japanese mangaka
1978	March 12	Death John Cazale, American actor (birth 1935)
1978	March 12	Death Gene Moore, American baseball player (birth 1909)
1977	March 12	Birth Ramiro Corrales, American footballer
1976	March 12	Birth Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
1975	March 12	Birth Kelle Bryan, English singer
1975	March 12	Birth Todd Rock, American Polition, Pennsylvania House of Representitives
1975	March 12	Birth Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist
1975	March 12	Birth Annabel Port, English radio presenter
1974	March 12	Birth Steve Price, Australia rugby league player
1974	March 12	Death George D. Sax, American entrepreneur (birth 1904)
1973	March 12	Death Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (birth 1898)
1972	March 12	Birth Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
1972	March 12	Birth James Maritato, American wrestler
1971	March 12	The March 12 Memorandum, is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
1971	March 12	Birth Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor
1971	March 12	Birth Isaiah Rider, American basketball player
1970	March 12	Birth Dave Eggers, American writer, editor, and publisher
1970	March 12	Birth Ray Prewitt, American actor
1970	March 12	Birth Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot)
1970	March 12	Birth John Nemechek, American NASCAR driver (death 1997)
1970	March 12	Birth Rex Walters, American basketball player
1969	March 12	Birth Graham Coxon, English musician (Blur)
1969	March 12	Birth Jake Tapper, American journalist
1968	March 12	Mauritius achieves independence.
1968	March 12	Birth Aaron Eckhart, American actor
1968	March 12	Birth Tammy Duckworth, American politician, military aviator
1967	March 12	Birth Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
1966	March 12	Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
1966	March 12	Birth Grant Long, American Basketball Player
1966	March 12	Birth John Thompson III, NCAA Basketball Head Coach
1965	March 12	Birth Steve Finley, American baseball player
1965	March 12	Birth Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player
1965	March 12	Birth Steve Levy, American sports journalist
1965	March 12	Birth Coleen Nolan, British singer
1965	March 12	Birth Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer
1964	March 12	New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first state to sell lottery tickets in the modern era.
1963	March 12	Birth Ian Holloway, English football manager
1963	March 12	Birth Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
1962	March 12	Birth Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
1961	March 12	Birth Joseph Facal, Quebec politician
1960	March 12	Birth Kipp Lennon, American singer
1960	March 12	Birth Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
1960	March 12	Birth Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
1960	March 12	Birth Courtney B. Vance, American actor
1958	March 12	Birth Matt Millen, American football player
1957	March 12	Birth Patrick Battiston, French footballer
1957	March 12	Birth Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
1956	March 12	Birth Steve Harris founder/bassist of Iron Maiden
1956	March 12	Birth Dale Murphy, American baseball player
1955	March 12	Death Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (birth 1920)
1953	March 12	Birth Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
1953	March 12	Birth Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
1953	March 12	Birth Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
1952	March 12	Birth Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist
1950	March 12	Birth Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager
1950	March 12	Birth Jon Provost, American actor
1950	March 12	Birth Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
1949	March 12	Birth Rob Cohen, American film director, producer and writer
1949	March 12	Birth Moctesuma Esparza, Mexican-American producer and filmmaker
1949	March 12	Birth Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast
1948	March 12	Birth James Taylor, American musician
1948	March 12	Birth Kent Conrad, Junior Senator of North Dakota
1948	March 12	Birth Virginia Bottomley, British politician
1947	March 12	The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1947	March 12	Birth Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (death 1987)
1947	March 12	Birth Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, 2008 Presidential Candidate
1947	March 12	Death ;Winston Churchill the American;, American novelist (birth 1871)
1946	March 12	Birth Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
1946	March 12	Birth Frank Welker, American voice actor
1946	March 12	Birth Peter Whalley, British television writer and author
1946	March 12	Birth Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (death 2004)
1946	March 12	Death Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician (executed) (birth 1897)
1945	March 12	Birth Sammy ;The Bull; Gravano, American gangster
1945	March 12	Death Friedrich Fromm, German Army Officer (birth 1861)
1944	March 12	Death Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (birth 1861)
1943	March 12	Death Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (birth 1869)
1942	March 12	Birth Ratko Mladić, Republika Srpska leader
1942	March 12	Birth Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977
1942	March 12	Death Robert Bosch, German industrialist (birth 1861)
1940	March 12	Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
1940	March 12	Birth Al Jarreau, American singer
1940	March 12	Birth M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
1938	March 12	''Anschluss:'' German troops occupy Austria.
1938	March 12	Birth Johnny Rutherford, American automobile racer
1937	March 12	Death Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (birth 1858)
1937	March 12	Death Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (birth 1844)
1936	March 12	Birth Patrick Procktor, English artist (death 2003)
1935	March 12	Birth John Doherty, English footballer (death 2007)
1934	March 12	Konstantin Päts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
1933	March 12	Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his ;fireside chats;.
1932	March 12	Birth Barbara Feldon, American actress and model
1932	March 12	Birth Andrew Young, American civil rights activist and politician
1931	March 12	Birth Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
1931	March 12	Birth Billie ;Buckwheat; Thomas, American actor (death 1980)
1930	March 12	Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the ''Dandi March'', to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
1930	March 12	Birth Vernon Law, American baseball player
1930	March 12	Death Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (birth 1851)
1930	March 12	Death William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (birth 1894)
1929	March 12	Birth U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
1929	March 12	Death Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (birth 1851)
1928	March 12	In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.
1928	March 12	Birth Edward Albee, American dramatist
1928	March 12	Birth Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator
1928	March 12	Birth Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (death 2007)
1926	March 12	Birth Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina
1925	March 12	Birth Louison Bobet, French cyclist (death 1983)
1925	March 12	Birth Georges Delerue, French film composer (death 1992)
1925	March 12	Birth Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
1925	March 12	Birth Harry Harrison, American author
1925	March 12	Death Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (birth 1866)
1923	March 12	Birth Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater
1923	March 12	Birth Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (death 2005)
1923	March 12	Birth Wally Schirra, American astronaut (death 2007)
1923	March 12	Birth Mae Young, American professional wrestler
1922	March 12	Birth Jack Kerouac, American writer (death 1969)
1922	March 12	Birth Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (death 1999)
1921	March 12	Birth Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (death 2003)
1921	March 12	Birth Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (death 2007)
1921	March 12	Birth Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (death 1986)
1918	March 12	Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
1918	March 12	Birth Elaine de Kooning, American artist (death 1989)
1917	March 12	Birth Millard Kaufman, American screenwriter (death 2009)
1917	March 12	Birth Googie Withers, British actress
1916	March 12	Death Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (birth 1830)
1914	March 12	Birth Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother (death 1958)
1914	March 12	Death George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer (birth 1846)
1913	March 12	Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)
1912	March 12	The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
1912	March 12	Birth Irving Layton, Canadian poet (death 2006)
1912	March 12	Birth Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger and conductor (death 1996)
1911	March 12	Birth Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (death 1979)
1910	March 12	Birth Masayoshi Ohira, Prime Minister of Japan (death 1980)
1909	March 12	Death Joe Petrosino, American police lieutenant (birth 1860)
1908	March 12	Birth Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (death 1970)
1908	March 12	Birth David Saul Marshall Singapore's first Chief Minister(death 1995)
1908	March 12	Death Edmondo De Amicis, Italian children's writer (birth 1846)
1907	March 12	Birth Arthur Hewlett, British actor (death 1997)
1907	March 12	Birth Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (death 2007)
1898	March 12	Death Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (birth 1818)
1895	March 12	Birth William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (death 1948)
1894	March 12	In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1894	March 12	Death Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (birth 1840)
1891	March 12	Birth George W. Mason, American industrialist (death 1954)
1890	March 12	Birth Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (death 1950)
1890	March 12	Birth William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (death 1965)
1890	March 12	Birth Evert Taube, Swedish author, artist, composer and singer (death 1976)
1889	March 12	Birth Þórbergur Þórðarson, Icelandic author (death 1974)
1889	March 12	Birth Idris I, King of Libya (death 1983)
1883	March 12	Birth Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (death 1959)
1881	March 12	Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
1881	March 12	Birth Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey (death 1938)
1881	March 12	Birth Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist (death 1923)
1880	March 12	Birth Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (death 1958)
1880	March 12	Birth Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (death 1952)
1872	March 12	Death Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (birth 1811)
1868	March 12	Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
1864	March 12	Birth W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (death 1922)
1864	March 12	Birth Alice Tegnér, Swedish composer and organist (death 1943)
1863	March 12	Birth Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer (death 1938)
1863	March 12	Birth Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (death 1945)
1859	March 12	Birth Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (death 1896)
1838	March 12	Birth William Henry Perkin, English chemist (death 1907)
1837	March 12	Birth Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (death 1911)
1835	March 12	Birth Simon Newcomb, American astronomer and mathematician (death 1909)
1832	March 12	The Filippo Taglioni ballet ''La Sylphide'' receives its première performance at the Paris Opéra.
1832	March 12	Birth Charles Boycott, British land agent and source of the term ''to boycott'' (death 1897)
1832	March 12	Death Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (birth 1786)
1831	March 12	Birth Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (death 1901)
1824	March 12	Birth Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (death 1887)
1821	March 12	Birth Sir John Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (death 1893)
1806	March 12	Birth Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (death 1863)
1790	March 12	Death Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (birth 1710)
1781	March 12	Birth Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (death 1826)
1757	March 12	Death Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (birth 1696)
1718	March 12	Birth Joseph Damer, English politician (death 1798)
1710	March 12	Birth Thomas Arne, English composer (death 1778)
1699	March 12	Death Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (birth 1635)
1685	March 12	Birth George Berkeley, Irish theologian (death 1753)
1681	March 12	Death Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (birth 1635)
1672	March 12	Birth Richard Steele, Irish writer and politician (death 1729)
1664	March 12	New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
1648	March 12	Death Tirso de Molina, Spanish writer (birth 1571)
1647	March 12	Birth Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (death 1727)
1637	March 12	Birth Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (death 1671)
1628	March 12	Death John Bull, English composer
1626	March 12	Birth John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (death 1697)
1622	March 12	Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is canonized a saint by the Catholic Church.
1620	March 12	Birth Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (death 1667)
1613	March 12	Birth André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (death 1700)
1608	March 12	Death Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (birth 1530)
1607	March 12	Birth Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (death 1676)
1507	March 12	Death Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman (birth 1475)
1478	March 12	Birth Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (death 1516)
1447	March 12	Death Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (birth 1377)
1374	March 12	Death Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (birth 1336)
1289	March 12	Death King Demetre II of Georgia (birth 1259)
1270	March 12	Birth Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (death 1325)
604	March 12	Death Pope Gregory I
538	March 12	Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.