Wednesday, March 12, 1851 is a Wednesday. It is day 71 of 1851 (19.5% through the year), ISO week 11, in Q1.
Calendar Specifications
Wednesday, March 12, 1851 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2014: A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to March 12.
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Historical Milestones
A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.
2014 East Harlem gas explosion →U.S. Army soldiers gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her along with her family members.
Mahmudiyah rape and murders →The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel (pictured).
Turkish Armed Forces →General Suharto (pictured) seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.
Suharto →British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.
Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay →Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.
Cold War →The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Moscow Peace Treaty →Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.
Konstantin Päts →Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.
Mahatma Gandhi →The failure of the St. Francis Dam (pictured) northwest of Los Angeles resulted in a flood that killed 400 people.
St. Francis Dam →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.
Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory →Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.
Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Wednesday, March 12, 1851 falls on a Wednesday.
64,103 days ago (175 years, 6 months, 1 day ago). It is day 71 of 1851 with 294 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, March 12, 1851 is written as XII.III.MDCCCLI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 72% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Pisces.