So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

March 12th


- Arbor Day (China and Taiwan)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Girl Scout Birthday (United States)
- Grćkarismessa (Mass of St. Gregory). According to tradition, the oystercatcher, the Faroes' national bird returns this day. This event is celebrated in the capital, Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)
- National Day (Mauritius)
- World Day Against Cyber Censorship (requested by Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International in 2009)

March 12th


- 2006 - In a One Day International cricket match between Australia and South Africa, the Australians set a world record with 434 runs, only to see South Africa successfully chase down their total with 438.
- 2005 - Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.
- 2004 - The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its national assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
- 2003 - Zoran ?in?i?, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- 1999 - Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
- 1994 - The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
- 1993 - Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
- 1993 - North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
- 1993 - The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.
- 1992 - Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1971 - The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
- 1968 - Mauritius achieves independence.
- 1966 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
- 1964 - New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to legally sell lottery tickets in the 20th century.
- 1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
- 1940 - Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
- 1938 - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria.
- 1934 - Konstantin Päts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
- 1933 - Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats".
- 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Dandi March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
- 1928 - In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.
- 1918 - Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
- 1913 - Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until while the new capital was still under construction.)
- 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
- 1894 - In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
- 1881 - Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
- 1868 - Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
- 1832 - The Filippo Taglioni ballet La Sylphide receives its premičre performance at the Paris Opéra's Salle Le Peletier.
- 1689 - The Williamite war in Ireland begins.
- 1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
- 1622 - Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church.
- 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.

March 12th


- 1994 - Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
- 1989 - Tyler Clary, American swimmer
- 1988 - Konstantinos Mitroglou, Greek footballer
- 1988 - La Roux, English singer
- 1987 - Chris Seitz, American footballer
- 1987 - Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
- 1986 - Danny Jones, English singer (McFly)
- 1986 - Ben Offereins, Australian athlete
- 1985 - Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1984 - Jaimie Alexander, American actress
- 1984 - Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
- 1983 - Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer
- 1982 - Samm Levine, American actor
- 1982 - Zach Miner, American baseball player
- 1982 - Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
- 1981 - Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
- 1980 - Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1979 - Nidia Guenard, American wrestler
- 1979 - Shaun Rogers, American football player
- 1979 - Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1979 - Rhys Coiro, American actor
- 1979 - Pete Doherty, English musician
- 1978 - Masuimi Max, American model
- 1978 - Christianne Klein, American journalist and television personality
- 1978 - Casey Mears, American auto racer
- 1978 - Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
- 1978 - Arina Tanemura, Japanese mangaka
- 1977 - Ramiro Corrales, American footballer
- 1976 - Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
- 1975 - Kelle Bryan, English singer
- 1975 - Todd Rock, American Politician, Pennsylvania House of Representitives
- 1975 - Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist
- 1975 - Annabel Port, English radio presenter
- 1974 - Chris Parr, American basketball player
- 1974 - Steve Price, Australia rugby league player
- 1972 - Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
- 1972 - James Maritato, American wrestler
- 1971 - Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor
- 1971 - Isaiah Rider, American basketball player
- 1970 - Dave Eggers, American writer, editor, and publisher
- 1970 - Ray Prewitt, American actor
- 1970 - Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot)
- 1970 - John Nemechek, American NASCAR driver (d. 1997)
- 1970 - Rex Walters, American basketball player
- 1969 - Graham Coxon, English musician (Blur)
- 1969 - Jake Tapper, American journalist
- 1968 - Aaron Eckhart, American actor
- 1968 - Tammy Duckworth, American politician, military aviator
- 1967 - Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
- 1966 - Grant Long, American basketball player
- 1966 - John Thompson III, American basketball coach
- 1965 - Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer
- 1965 - Steve Finley, American baseball player
- 1965 - Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player
- 1965 - Steve Levy, American sports journalist
- 1965 - Coleen Nolan, British singer
- 1963 - Ian Holloway, English football manager
- 1963 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
- 1963 - Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi, Iranian Princess
- 1962 - Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
- 1962 - Julia Campbell, American actress
- 1961 - Joseph Facal, Quebec politician
- 1960 - Kipp Lennon, American singer
- 1960 - Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
- 1960 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
- 1960 - Courtney B. Vance, American actor
- 1958 - Matt Millen, American football player
- 1957 - Patrick Battiston, French footballer
- 1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
- 1956 - Steve Harris, founder/bassist of Iron Maiden
- 1956 - Dale Murphy, American baseball player
- 1953 - Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
- 1953 - Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
- 1953 - Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
- 1952 - Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist
- 1950 - Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager
- 1950 - Jon Provost, American actor
- 1950 - Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
- 1949 - Rob Cohen, American film director, producer and writer
- 1949 - Moctesuma Esparza, Mexican-American producer and filmmaker
- 1949 - Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast
- 1948 - James Taylor, American musician
- 1948 - Kent Conrad, Junior Senator of North Dakota
- 1948 - Virginia Bottomley, British politician
- 1947 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
- 1947 - Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, 2008 Presidential Candidate
- 1947 - Peter Harry Carstensen, German politician
- 1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
- 1946 - Frank Welker, American voice actor
- 1946 - Peter Whalley, British television writer and author
- 1946 - Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (d. 2004)
- 1945 - Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, American gangster
- 1942 - Ratko Mladi?, Republika Srpska leader
- 1942 - Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963–1977
- 1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer
- 1940 - M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
- 1938 - Johnny Rutherford, American automobile racer
- 1938 - Dimitri Terzakis, Greek composer
- 1936 - Patrick Procktor, English artist (d. 2003)
- 1936 - Eddie Sutton, College basketball coach
- 1935 - John Doherty, English footballer (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model
- 1932 - Andrew Young, American civil rights activist and politician
- 1931 - Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
- 1931 - Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1930 - Vernon Law, American baseball player
- 1929 - Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
- 1928 - Edward Albee, American dramatist
- 1928 - Thérčse Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator
- 1928 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (d. 2009)
- 1926 - George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
- 1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
- 1925 - Georges Delerue, French film composer (d. 1992)
- 1925 - Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1925 - Harry Harrison, American author
- 1923 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater
- 1923 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Wally Schirra, American astronaut (d. 2007)
- 1923 - Mae Young, American professional wrestler
- 1922 - Jack Kerouac, American writer (d. 1969)
- 1922 - Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Ülo Jőgi, Estonian freedom fighter (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (d. 1986)
- 1919 - Michael Anthony Stepovich, last surviving Governor of the Alaska Territory
- 1918 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989)
- 1917 - Millard Kaufman, American screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1917 - Googie Withers, British actress
- 1914 - Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother (d. 1958)
- 1913 - Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician (d. 1984)
- 1912 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
- 1912 - Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger and conductor (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (d. 1979)
- 1910 - Masayoshi Ohira, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)
- 1908 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
- 1908 - David Saul Marshall Singapore's first Chief Minister(d. 1995)
- 1907 - Arthur Hewlett, British actor (d. 1997)
- 1907 - Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
- 1898 - Nyleptha Roberts, American supercentenarian (d. 2010)
- 1895 - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948)
- 1891 - George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)
- 1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (d. 1950)
- 1890 - William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
- 1890 - Evert Taube, Swedish author, artist, composer and singer (d. 1976)
- 1889 - Ţórbergur Ţórđarson, Icelandic author (d. 1974)
- 1889 - Idris I, King of Libya (d. 1983)
- 1883 - Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1959)
- 1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey (d. 1938)
- 1881 - Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist (d. 1923)
- 1880 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (d. 1958)
- 1880 - Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (d. 1952)
- 1878 - Gemma Galgani, Catholic saint and mystic (d. 1903)
- 1864 - W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (d. 1922)
- 1864 - Alice Tegnér, Swedish composer and organist (d. 1943)
- 1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer (d. 1938)
- 1863 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)
- 1859 - Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)
- 1838 - William Henry Perkin, English chemist (d. 1907)
- 1837 - Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
- 1835 - Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1832 - Charles Boycott, British land agent and source of the term to boycott (d. 1897)
- 1831 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (d. 1901)
- 1824 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
- 1821 - Sir John Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
- 1806 - Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
- 1781 - Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1826)
- 1718 - Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798)
- 1710 - Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
- 1685 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (d. 1753)
- 1672 - Richard Steele, Irish writer and politician (d. 1729)
- 1647 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
- 1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671)
- 1626 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
- 1620 - Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)
- 1613 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)
- 1607 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)
- 1478 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
- 1270 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)