Famous people born on March 12 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is March 12, you share it with Jack Kerouac, Liza Minnelli, James Taylor — and you were born under Pisces, the sign of the imaginative, empathetic, and a little bit magic.
Birthday basics for March 12
Pisces ♓
Zodiac sign
Aquamarine
Birthstone
Daffodil
Birth flower
71st
Day of the year
March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years), with 294 days still to come.
Famous people born on March 12
Jack Kerouac — American novelist and voice of the Beat Generation (born 1922).
Liza Minnelli — American actress and singer, star of Cabaret (born 1946).
James Taylor — American singer-songwriter (born 1948).
Also sharing the day:
Wally Schirra (b. 1923) — American astronaut and the only man to fly in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Edward Albee (b. 1928) — American playwright who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Aaron Eckhart (b. 1968) — American actor known for The Dark Knight and Thank You for Smoking.
March 12 in history
1912 — Juliette Gordon Low founded the organization that became the Girl Scouts of the USA.
1930 — Mahatma Gandhi began the 200-mile Salt March, a landmark act of peaceful protest in India.
1933 — President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his first 'fireside chat' radio address to the nation.
1918 — Moscow became the capital of Russia again after two centuries in St. Petersburg.
1947 — President Harry Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine, pledging U.S. support against Soviet expansion.
1989 — Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal at CERN for what became the World Wide Web.
March 12 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is March 12?
Anyone born on March 12 is a Pisces — imaginative, empathetic, and a little bit magic.
What is the birthstone for March 12?
The birthstone for a March 12 birthday is Aquamarine, and the birth flower is the Daffodil.
Who is the most famous person born on March 12?
Jack Kerouac is among the best known — American novelist and voice of the Beat Generation (born 1922).
What happened on March 12?
In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the organization that became the Girl Scouts of the USA.
What day of the year is March 12?
March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years), with 294 days still to come.
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