About the day » Friday March 23, 2012Calender converter

• Elisabeth Stenders (95), Zutendaal, België
• Gerda Bakker (54)
• Aaltje Veltmeijer (77), Utrecht
• Dick Brouwer
• Adrianus (Ad) Barendregt (79), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Anje Trientje Barlagen (92)
• Cornelia Johanna Blankendaal (91), Alkmaar
• Arendje Quint (63), Tiel
• Elisabeth ESCHER (93), Doorn Utrecht Netherlands
• Amanda Marie Sikkema (28), Antioch, Lake County, Illinois

• 1991 » Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
• 1992 » Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
• 1992 » Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
• 1993 » Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
• 1993 » Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Nick Powell, English footballer
• 1995 » Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
• 1995 » Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
• 1996 » Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver

• 2011 » Elizabeth Taylor, American-British actress, socialite and humanitarian (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
• 2011 » Rosario Morales, Puerto Rican poet and writer (b.1930)
• 2012 » Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalian politician, President of Somalia (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Jim Duffy, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Lonnie Wright, American basketball and football player (b. 1945)
• 2012 » Naji Talib, Iraqi politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1917)
• 2013 » Boris Berezovsky, Russian-born Soviet-British mathematician and businessman (b. 1946)
• 2013 » Onofre Corpuz, Filipino economist, historian, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
• April 6 » Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
• May 10 » The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.
• July 18 » At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
• August 23 » A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
• November 18 » Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
• December 22 » Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.

The temperature on March 23, 2012 was between 5.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.