| General Information for March 12th 2015 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 71 of 2015 |
| 294 days left in 2015 |
| Week 11 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2005 - Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government. |
| 1955 - Charlie 'Bird' Parker, widely considered to be one of the most important and influential improvising jazz musicians, dies. |
| 1922 - Jack Kerouac, considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th Century, is born in Lowell, Massachusetts. |
| 1894 - In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. |