Tuesday March 12, 2013

US date format: 3/12/2013, UK date format: 12/3/2013

The day of the week was Tuesday, under the astrological sign of Pisces (see Chinese Zodiac and Moon Sign on March 12, 2013).

The number one song in US was Harlem Shake by Baauer.

Winter's Tale, directed by Akiva Goldsman, was one of the most viewed movie released in 2013 while The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult was one of the best selling book.

On TV people were watching Max Steel. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Cloudberry Kingdom or Dead Island: Riptide.

The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative).

But much more happened that day: find out below.

You can also have a look at March 12 across the years or at March 2013 calendar.

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March 12, 2013 Events

What happened on March 12, 2013?

Historical Events

Syrian civil war: 30 army deserters are killed by the Syrian Army in an ambush at Damascus Airport. (Reuters) The rebels have been captured by the Baba Amr district and the Syrian army has launched intensive air strikes against Homs.
In an ambush at Damascus Airport, 30 deserters were killed by Syrian Army forces.
After the capture of Baba Amr by rebels, the Syrian army launched intensive air strikes against Homs.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:: An Israeli force kills a Palestinian protestor who hurled stones and incendiary containers in the West Bank.
After throwing stones and incendiary containers in the West Bank, a Palestinian protestor was shot to death by Israeli forces.
Morrissey, an English singer and lyricist, is admitted to San Francisco with severe pneumonia.
Los Angeles Chapter of the Better Business Bureau was expelled by the Better Business Bureau over a pay to play scheme.
Google settles privacy lawsuit regarding handling of wireless data.
Japan's JOGMEC is the first to extract methane hydrate successfully from seabed deposits.
Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm, announces it has acquired the rights to Twinkies snacks and other Hostess Brands snacks. It hopes to have the snacks back on supermarket shelves by the summer.
Two IAF pilots are killed when an Israeli military helicopter Bell AH-1 Cobra crashes close to Palmachim Airbase, southern Israel.
Frankfurt Airport is closed. Eurostar trains have been suspended because of unseasonably heavy snowfall in Western Europe.
Fourteen-year-olds died after their car hit an icy patch. The vehicle then crashed into a guardrail at Forked Creek, Illinois.
Study shows a link between inadequate sleep and weight gain
The Novel coronavirus 2012 kills the ninth person in the world, a man from Saudi Arabia.
Participants vote to impose restrictions on the trading of critically endangered hardwood trees at the CITES meeting in Thailand.
South Africa exhumes two bodies believed to be connected to Winnie Madikizela Mandela, exwife of Nelson Mandela.
Senator John Crown claims that the secretive Opus Dei sect has been attempting to influence abortion law reform in Ireland by mobilizing members of the Irish professions.
After hackers posted online personal and credit information for celebrities including First Lady Michelle Obama's, the United States Secret Service launched an investigation.
After James Holmes' lawyers stated that they weren't ready to plead guilty, a U.S. judge entered an agreement of not guilty for Holmes.
Gilberto Valle, a former New York City officer, is convicted of plotting to kidnap and kill women.
Authorities believe that the man from the United States, who is suspected of murdering his grandparents in Renton, Washington on March 8, 2017, is currently barricaded in a Lincoln City hotel, Oregon.
Greenlanders vote in parliamentary elections.
After three weeks of protests against the election results, Raffi Hovannisian, Armenia's presidential candidate, goes on hunger strike.
(AP) (Vatican Radio) The Papal Conclave 2013, 2013: Roman Catholic Cardinals gather in Rome to elect a successor for Pope Benedict XVI. (AP) (Vatican Radio). Black smoke rises from Vatican's Sistine Chapel signalling that Roman Catholic Cardinals have not elected a new pope during their secret conclave.
Roman Catholic Cardinals gather in Rome to elect a successor for Pope Benedict XVI.
The Sistine Chapel of the Vatican emits black smoke, signaling that the Roman Catholic Cardinals have not elected a new pope during the secret vote.
NASA hosts a media conference to share new Mars discoveries made by Curiosity's rover. It was discovered that Mars could once have supported life.
The false positive result of contamination was the "mysterious form" that was detected last week in Lake Vostok (Antarctica).
Lionel Messi scored twice in FC Barcelona's historic comeback. The 4-0 win over AC Milan at Camp Nou was a 4-0 victory that saw them reach the quarter-finals for the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League. The other match saw Turkey's Galatasaray beat Schalke 04 by 3-2 in Gelsenkirchen.
Gennaro Gattuso, an ex-legend in AC Milan and Italy, has announced that he will be retiring from the game in summer 2013, so that he can focus on his coaching ambitions.
The 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards were presented to Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter, and Jessica Ennis, British athlete.
Ukraine won the 2013 Women's World Team Chess Championship, beating Russia and China in Astana (Kazakhstan).
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March 12, 2013 Famous Deaths

Who died on March 12, 2013?

Other March 12th famous deaths

John Cazale
Actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41.
Woody Hayes
American football coach at Ohio State University.
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Quebecois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002).
Andrei Kivilev
Kazakh cyclist (Born 1973).

See all famous people who died on March 12th

March 12, 2013 Zodiac

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Pisces

Pisces personality

Who should a Pisces marry?

Babies born in March are either Pisces or Aries. People born before March 20th are Pisces, while people born from March 21st have the sign of Aries

Personality of March born

Chinese Zodiac

Snake

March 12, 2013 Day of the Week and Calendar

What day of the week was March 12, 2013?

The day of the week was Tuesday.

March 12th marks the 70th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2013.

There are 294 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

March 2013 calendar

March	2013
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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