Today is Sunday, March 12, the 71st day of 2023 with 294 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mars. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars Uranus and Venus.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include pioneer automaker Clement Studebaker in 1831; New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs in 1858; ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in 1889; artist Elaine de Kooning in 1918; novelist Jack Kerouac in 1922; Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra in 1923; playwright Edward Albee in 1928; Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher in 1931; former U.N. Ambassador/Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young in 1932 (age 91); actor Barbara Feldon in 1933 (age 90); Hall of Fame basketball Coach Eddie Sutton in 1936; singer/songwriter Al Jarreau in 1940; singer/actor Liza Minnelli in 1946 (age 77); Sen./former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 1947 (age 76); singer/songwriter James Taylor in 1948 (age 75); singer Marlon Jackson in 1957 (age 66); former baseball player Darryl Strawberry in 1962 (age 61); actor Aaron Eckhart in 1968 (age 55); author Dave Eggers in 1970 (age 53); musician Pete Doherty in 1979 (age 44); actor Jaimie Alexander in 1984 (age 39); singer Elly Jackson in 1988 (age 35); pop singer Christina Grimmie in 1994; actor Malina Weissman in 2003 (age 20).On this date in history:

In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scouts of America troop in Savannah, Ga.

In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the first of his Sunday evening "fireside chats" -- informal radio addresses from the White House to the American people. The first address explained why he recently ordered a bank holiday.

In 1938, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Austria.

In 1947, in a speech to Congress, U.S. President Harry Truman outlined what became known as the Truman Doctrine, calling for U.S. aid to countries threatened by communist revolution.

In 1993, more than 250 people were killed and at least 700 injured in 13 coordinated terrorist bombings in Mumbai.

In 1994, the Church of England ordained its first female priests.

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In 1999, former Soviet allies Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic joined NATO.

In 2003, Elizabeth Smart, 15, who had been kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in June 2002, was found in the custody of a panhandler and his wife in nearby Sandy, Utah.

In 2008, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned after being caught in a high-priced prostitution scandal.

In 2018, a Bangladeshi passenger plane -- a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 -- crashed at Kathmandu International Airport in Nepal, killing 49 people.

In 2019, dozens of parents and college officials -- including actors Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman -- were charged in a college admissions scandal in which parents paid bribes to help their children get into college.

In 2020, the NHL paused its season, and the NCAA canceled its men's and women's tournaments as COVID-19 spread throughout the United States.

In 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it would end the use of a Trump-era policy, called Title 42, as it pertains to turning away unaccompanied migrant children at the border.

A thought for the day: Minnesota Twins star Kirby Puckett (who died in 2006 at age 45) said at his National Baseball Hall of Fame induction in 2001, "Don't take life for granted because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us."