12 March
Notable Births
Emma Kok
b. 2008
Dutch singer (born 2008)
DannyLux
b. 2004
American singer
Andrea Brillantes
b. 2003
Filipino actress (born 2003)
Malina Weissman
b. 2003
American actress
Max Duggan
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Kim Min-kyu (entertainer)
b. 2001
South Korean actor (born 2001)
Carsen Edwards
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Mecole Hardman
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Daniel Samohin
b. 1998
Israeli figure skater
Elizaveta Ukolova
b. 1998
Сzech figure skater
Dean Henderson
b. 1997
English footballer (born 1997)
Allan Saint-Maximin
b. 1997
French footballer (born 1997)
Felipe Vizeu
b. 1997
Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
Serhou Guirassy
b. 1996
Footballer (born 1996)
Karim Hafez
b. 1996
Egyptian footballer (born 1996)
Robert Murić
b. 1996
Croatian footballer
Cene Prevc
b. 1996
Slovenian ski jumper (born 1996)
Katie Archibald
b. 1994
Scottish racing cyclist
Jerami Grant
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Christina Grimmie
b. 1994
American singer and YouTuber (1994–2016)
Notable Deaths
Ronald DeFeo Jr.
d. 2021
American mass murderer (1951–2021)
Rafiq Azad
d. 2016
Bangladeshi poet, editor and writer
Felix Ibru
d. 2016
Nigerian politician
Lloyd Shapley
d. 2016
American mathematician (1923–2016)
Willie Barrow
d. 2015
American civil rights activist and minister
Michael Graves
d. 2015
American architect, designer, and educator (1934–2015)
Ada Jafri
d. 2015
Pakistani poet (1924–2015)
Terry Pratchett
d. 2015
English fantasy author (1948–2015)
Věra Chytilová
d. 2014
Czech film director (1929–2014)
Paul C. Donnelly
d. 2014
American aerospace pioneer (1923–2014)
José Policarpo
d. 2014
Portuguese Catholic prelate (1936–2014)
Michael Grigsby
d. 2013
British filmmaker
Ganesh Pyne
d. 2013
Indian painter (1937–2013)
Dick Harter
d. 2012
American basketball coach
Michael Hossack
d. 2012
American drummer (1946–2012)
Friedhelm Konietzka
d. 2012
German football player and manager
Nilla Pizzi
d. 2011
Italian singer
Miguel Delibes
d. 2010
Spanish writer, journalist and novelist
Jorge Guinzburg
d. 2008
Argentine journalist and broadcaster
Lazare Ponticelli
d. 2008
World War I veteran, piping and metal worker
On This Day in History
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2020
The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
United States
2019
In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
2018
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
2014
A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.
2014 East Harlem gas explosion
2011
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
2009
Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
Bernie Madoff
2006
In Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, 14-year-old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi is raped and murdered by five American soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment, who also murder both of her parents and her sister.
Mahmoudiyah, Iraq
2004
President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly, the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
President of South Korea
2003
Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
Zoran Đinđić
2003
The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
World Health Organization
1999
Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
Warsaw Pact
1993
Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
1993 Bombay bombings
1993
North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
North Korea
1992
Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Mauritius
1989
Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.
Tim Berners-Lee
1971
The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
1971 Turkish military memorandum
1968
Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Mauritius
1967
Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
Suharto
1950
The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
Llandow air disaster
1947
Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
Cold War