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12 March 2006 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 12 March 2006 was a Sunday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Flaunt It” by TV Rock featuring Seany B.
- Top Film of 2006
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2006
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2006 was the Holden Commodore.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 12 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 12 March 2006 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 12 March 2006 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 12 March
- 1999 Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
- 2003 The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
- 2004 President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly, the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
- 2009 Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
- 2011 A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Famous people born on 12 March
- Lesley Manville, English actress (born 1956)
- Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1946)
- Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer (born 1946)
- James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)
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Events of 2006 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 9 January – Communities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia are evacuated due to Cyclone Clare.
- 18 March – South Australia and Tasmania vote in parliamentary state elections. Both the Mike Rann and Paul Lennon governments are re-elected.
- 7 April – John Landy retires as Governor of Victoria, and is succeeded by David de Kretser.
Life in Australia in 2006
Prime Minister
John Howard
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.20
Loaf of Bread
$2.55
Average House
$330,000
Weekly Wage
$1,065.00
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