What Happened on March 12, 2023

Historical Events

95th Academy Awards

95th Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" best film, best director Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Michelle Yeoh second woman of color to win best actress, Brendan Fraser best actor [1]

Cyclone Freddy makes landfall for a second time in central Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi, killing about 200 people and setting records as the longest-lasting cyclone in the southern hemisphere (formed Feb 6) [1]

Rally Against Judicial Reform

Half a million Israeli's protest plans by Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the country’s judicial system for tenth week in a row [1]

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu

Oil company Saudi Aramco posts earnings of $161 billion for 2022 - highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company [1]

PGA Players Championship

PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Scottie Scheffler becomes third golfer, after Jack Nicklaus & Tiger Woods, to hold Masters & Players titles at same time; wins by 5 from England's Tyrrell Hatton

Events in 2023

Famous Deaths

Dick Fosbury, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1968, "Fosbury Flop"), dies of lymphoma at 76
Marek Kopelent, Czech contemporary classical composer, artistic director (Musica Viva Pragensis, 1965-73), and educator, dies at 90
Susan Cunliffe-Lister [Lady Marsham of Ilton], British disability campaigner and paralympic athlete (longest-serving female member of UK House of Lords), dies at 87 [1]

Died in 2023 2023 Highlights