On this day: 12 March

Selected events and births on 12 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1088 – Odo of Châtillon was elected as the 159th pope of the Catholic Church. Read more: Pope Urban II 1088 papal election List of popes
• 1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV. Read more: Ignatius of Loyola Francis Xavier Jesuits
• 1881 – Andrew Watson captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer. Read more: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) Scotland national football team England national football team
• 1913 – At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra. Read more: Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
• 1952 – British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO. Read more: Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Secretary General of NATO
• 1967 – General Suharto seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia. Read more: Suharto Sukarno People's Consultative Assembly

Born on this day

• 1925 – Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Leo Esaki Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1932 – Andrew Young, American pastor, civil rights movement activist, politician, and 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Read more: Andrew Young Civil rights movement List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
• 1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts Read more: Mitt Romney Governor of Massachusetts
• 1948 – Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Read more: Virginia Bottomley Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• 1959 – Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska Read more: Milorad Dodik Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska
• 1964 – Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna Read more: Umirzak Shukeyev Samruk-Kazyna
• 1965 – Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party Read more: Ivari Padar Social Democratic Party (Estonia)
• 2001 – Max Duggan, American football player Read more: Max Duggan
• 2003 – Andrea Brillantes, Filipino actress and model Read more: Andrea Brillantes
• 2003 – Malina Weissman, American actress and model Read more: Malina Weissman
• 2004 – DannyLux, American singer-songwriter Read more: DannyLux
• 2008 – Emma Kok, Dutch singer Read more: Emma Kok

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