UPI Almanac for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 72nd day of 2024 with 294 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include pioneer automaker Clement Studebaker in 1831; New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs in 1858; ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in 1889; artist Elaine de Kooning in 1918; novelist Jack Kerouac in 1922; Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra in 1923; playwright Edward Albee in 1928; Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher in 1931; former U.N. Ambassador/Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young in 1932 (age 92); actor Barbara Feldon in 1933 (age 91); Hall of Fame basketball Coach Eddie Sutton in 1936; singer/songwriter Al Jarreau in 1940; singer/actor Liza Minnelli in 1946 (age 78); Sen./former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 1947 (age 77); singer/songwriter James Taylor in 1948 (age 76); actor Jon Provost in 1950 (age 74); musician Steve Harris in 1956 (age 68); actor Lesley Manville in 1956 (age 68); singer Marlon Jackson in 1957 (age 67); actor Courtney B. Vance in 1960 (age 64); actor Titus Welliver in 1962 (age 62); former baseball player Darryl Strawberry in 1962 (age 62); actor Jake Weber in 1963 (age 61); actor Aaron Eckhart in 1968 (age 56); musician Graham Coxon in 1969 (age 55); author Dave Eggers in 1970 (age 54); musician Pete Doherty in 1979 (age 45); actor Samm Levine in 1982 (age 42); actor Jaimie Alexander in 1984 (age 40); singer Elly Jackson in 1988 (age 36); pop singer Christina Grimmie in 1994; actor Malina Weissman in 2003 (age 21).

On this date in history:

In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scouts of America troop in Savannah, Ga.

In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the first of his Sunday evening "fireside chats" -- informal radio addresses from the White House to the American people. The first address explained why he recently ordered a bank holiday.

In 1938, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Austria.

In 1947, in a speech to Congress, U.S. President Harry Truman outlined what became known as the Truman Doctrine, calling for U.S. aid to countries threatened by communist revolution.

In 1993, more than 250 people were killed and at least 700 injured in 13 coordinated terrorist bombings in Mumbai.

In 1994, the Church of England ordained its first female priests.

In 1999, former Soviet allies Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic joined NATO.

In 2003, Elizabeth Smart, 15, who had been kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in June 2002, was found in the custody of a panhandler and his wife in nearby Sandy, Utah.

In 2008, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned after being caught in a high-priced prostitution scandal.

In 2018, a Bangladeshi passenger plane -- a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 -- crashed at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal, killing 49 people.

In 2019, dozens of parents and college officials -- including actors Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman -- were charged in a college admissions scandal in which parents paid bribes to help their children get into college.

In 2020, the NHL paused its season, and the NCAA canceled its men's and women's tournaments as COVID-19 spread throughout the United States.

In 2023, Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards, and Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan took home acting honors.

A thought for the day: "People who think education is expensive have never counted the cost of ignorance." -- American civil rights leader Andrew Young