At A Glance

12 March 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
12 March 2007 was a Monday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Lips of an Angel” by Hinder.
Top Film of 2007
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2007
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2007 was the Holden Commodore.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 March 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 March 2007 was Last Quarter.

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)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2007 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 24 March – The Australian Labor Party and Premier Morris Iemma are returned to power with a reduced majority in the 2007 New South Wales state election. Peter Debnam resigns as Opposition Leader & Barry O'Farrell is elected leader on 4 April.
  • 31 March – Earth Hour, in which Sydneysiders were encouraged to turn off their lights between 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm, takes place.
  • 2 April – The Bureau of Meteorology issues a tsunami warning for the east coast of Australia after an earthquake in the South Pacific Ocean is detected. Precautions are taken, such as the suspension of Sydney Ferries services, but Australia is unaffected.

Life in Australia in 2007

Prime Minister

John Howard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.25

Loaf of Bread

$2.60

Average House

$360,000

Weekly Wage

$1,110.00

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