What happend on 12th March

11.03
13.03
2005

Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.

2004

Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.

2003

Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, assassinated in Belgrade.

2002

In Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison.

1999

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

1997

Mikail Markhasev is arrested in Los Angeles, California and charged with shooting Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis Cosby.

1996

Leo VIII is elected pope.

1994

The Church of England ordains its first female priests.

1994

A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, previously touted as 'proof' of the Loch Ness monster, is confirmed to be a hoax.

1993

Several bombs explode in Bombay, India killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.