Born on March 12
March 12 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 12, you share a birthday with George Berkeley, Jack Kerouac and Liza Minnelli. March 12 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 12 is the 72nd day of the year in leap years (71st in other years).
Famous people born on March 12
- 1685George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher
- 1922Jack Kerouac, American author and poet
- 1946Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
- 1824Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic
- 1925Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1863Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist
- 1968Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer
- 1928Edward Albee, American director and playwright
- 1984Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
- 1956Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
What happened on March 12
- 1088Odo of Châtillon was elected as the 159th pope of the Catholic Church.
- 1622Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.
- 1881Andrew Watson captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.
- 1912The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
- 1913At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.
- 1913The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
- 1918Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
- 1952British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.
- 1967General Suharto seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.
- 1968Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1989Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.
- 1992Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Also observed on March 12
- Arbor Day (China)
- Arbor Day (Taiwan)
- Aztec New Year
- National Day (Mauritius)
- Youth Day (Zambia)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 12?
People born on March 12 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 12?
George Berkeley (1685), Jack Kerouac (1922), Liza Minnelli (1946), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), Leo Esaki (1925), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863) were all born on March 12.
What happened on March 12 in history?
Among other things: in 1968, Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom; in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web; in 1992, Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 12?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 12 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 12”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.