Historical Events
- 32nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Connecticut beats #3 Louisville, 69-66
- A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
Famous Deaths
- Joe Morello, American jazz drummer (Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk"), dies at 82
- [Augustus] Owsley Stanley III, American audio engineer and LSD cook who worked with the Grateful Dead, dies in a car crash in Australia at 76
Died in 2011 2011 Highlights
About March 12, 2011
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 13 years, 1 month and 16 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Z
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Pisces
#1 Song: Born This Way - 
#1 Song: Someone Like You - 
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