Today is Wednesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2025 with 294 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter and Mars. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include automaker Clement Studebaker in 1831; publisher Adolph Ochs in 1858; dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in 1889; artist Elaine de Kooning in 1918; writer Jack Kerouac in 1922; astronaut Wally Schirra in 1923; writer Edward Albee in 1928; entrepreneur Herb Kelleher in 1931; former U.N. Ambassador/Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young in 1932 (age 93); actor Barbara Feldon in 1933 (age 92); Basketball Hall of Fame member Eddie Sutton in 1936; musician Al Jarreau in 1940; musician/actor Liza Minnelli in 1946 (age 79); former Sen./Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 1947 (age 78); musician James Taylor in 1948 (age 77); actor Jon Provost in 1950 (age 75); musician Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) in 1956 (age 69); actor Lesley Manville in 1956 (age 69); musician Marlon Jackson (Jackson 5) in 1957 (age 68); actor Courtney B. Vance in 1960 (age 65); actor Titus Welliver in 1962 (age 63); former baseball player Darryl Strawberry in 1962 (age 63); actor Jake Weber in 1963 (age 62); actor Aaron Eckhart in 1968 (age 57); musician Graham Coxon (Blur) in 1969 (age 56); writer Dave Eggers in 1970 (age 55); musician Pete Doherty (Libertines/Babyshambles) in 1979 (age 46); actor Samm Levine in 1982 (age 43); actor Jaimie Alexander in 1984 (age 41); musician Elly Jackson (La Roux) in 1988 (age 37); musician Christina Grimmie in 1994; actor Malina Weissman in 2003 (age 22).
On this date in history:
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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 2024, Romanian authorities detained social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate on a British warrant for sexual aggression.
A thought for the day: "People who think education is expensive have never counted the cost of ignorance." -- American civil rights leader Andrew Young
