March 12th (2001) was a Monday. It's the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 294 days left to the end of the year.
March 12th Famous Deaths for 2001
» Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter and talk show host (b. 1933)
» Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
» Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist (b. 1916)
March 12th Holidays in History
» Arbor Day (China and Taiwan)
» Christian Calendar of Saints known as Feast Day:
» Saint Fina named Fina
» Maximilian (martyr) or Maximilian the martyr
» Pope Gregory I (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Church, and Anglican Communion)
» Theophanes the Confessor
» March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» National Day (Mauritius)
» World Day Against Cyber Censorship (requested by Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International in 2009)