Tuesday 12th of March 1507

Duke of Valentinois Cesare Borgia is stripped naked and left to die by a party of knights at the age of 32 in Viana, Navarre, Spain.

Borgia received a fatal injury from a spear and was then stripped of all his luxurious garments, valuables and a leather mask covering half his face (disfigured possibly by syphilis during his late years). Borgia was left lying naked with just a red tile covering his genitals.

Saturday 12th of March 1831

Wagon and carriage manufacturer Clement Studebaker is born in Pinetown, Pennsylvania, United States.

Saturday 12th of March 1853

Chemist Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila known for founding the science of toxicology dies of unknown causes at the age of 66 in 45 Rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris, VIe, Île-de-France, France.

Thursday 12th of March 1863

Writer, poet, journalist and soldier Gabriele D'Annunzio aka Principe di Montenevoso aka The High Priest of Erotica is born in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.

Legend has it that he was initially baptized Gaetano and given the name of Gabriele later in childhood, because of his angelic looks.

Tuesday 12th of March 1889

Ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky is born as Wacław Niżyński in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

Friday 12th of March 1909

Murderer Thomas Meade is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in Armley Gaol, Gloucester Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Saturday 12th of March 1910

41-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is sentenced to three years imprisonment for fraud in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Thursday 12th of March 1914

Writer and biographer of Aleister Crowley John Symonds aka The Picasso of the Occult is born in London, Battersea, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Sunday 12th of March 1922

Writer, poet and pioneer of the Beat Generation Jack Kerouac known for the novel On The Road is born as Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac in 9 Lupine Road, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States.

Thursday 12th of March 1925

Revolutionary leader and medical practitioner Yat-sen Sun aka The Father of the Nation dies of liver cancer at the age of 59 in Peking Union Medical College, No.9 Dongdan 3rd Alley, Beijing, Dongcheng, Hebei, China.

Thursday 12th of March 1925

Cyclist Louis Louison Bobet aka Zonzon is born in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, Bretagne, France.

Wednesday 12th of March 1930

61-year-old Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence leads a 200-mile Salt Satyagraha in defiance of British opposition and the Salt Tax in Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Saturday 12th of March 1932

Civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist Ivar Kreuger aka The Match King commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 52 in Avenue Victor Emanuel III, Paris, VIIIe, Île-de-France, France.

Kreuger's supposed suicide note read "I have made such a mess of things that I believe this to be the most satisfactory solution for everybody concerned." But it is more likely that Kreuger was murdered.

Friday 12th of March 1937

Murderess Betty Lou Beets is born as Betty Lou Dunevant in Roxboro, North Carolina, United States.

Monday 12th of March 1945

Serial killer Christopher Bernard Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer is born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Tuesday 12th of March 1946

Actress and singer Liza May Minnelli is born in Hollywood, California, United States.

Saturday 12th of March 1955

Musician Charlie Parker aka Bird dies of lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at the age of 35 in The Stanhope, 995 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, United States.

Parker died in the suite of his friend and patron Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter while watching The Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show on television. Apart from the official causes of death Parker also had an advanced case of cirrhosis and had suffered a heart attack. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age.

Tuesday 12th of March 1963

Serial killer Christine Laverne Falling aka The Babysitter Killer is born as Christine Laverne Slaughter in Perry, Florida, United States.

Falling was born to 16-year-old Ann and 65-year-old Thomas Slaughter.

Tuesday 12th of March 1974

20-year-old Donna Gail Manson is abducted and killed by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, United States.

Bundy claimed that Manson's partial skeleton had been recovered by authorities on 3 March 1975 at Taylor Mountain, Washington but had not been identified. Bundy's statement has never been confirmed.

Friday 12th of March 1982

35-year-old Serial killer William George Bonin aka The Freeway Killer is convicted to death for 10 murders throughout Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Saturday 12th of March 1983

Noise music band Club Moral play their 24th concert in Bauplatz, St. Martinusstraat 24, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands.

Wednesday 12th of March 1986

Cop killer Charles William Bass is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Bass' last words were "Don’t feel bad, Momma. I deserve this. Tell everyone I said goodbye."

Saturday 12th of March 1988

93 die in Janakpur Cigarette Factory Ltd and Liberation Army soccer game stampede in Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal.

100 more were injured when fans attempted to flee from a hail storm inside the stadium.

Wednesday 12th of March 1997

Murderer John Kennedy Barefield is executed by lethal injection at the age of 33 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Barefield's last mumbled words were “Tell Mama I love her.”

Friday 12th of March 1999

Violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin dies of complications of bronchitis at the age of 83 in Martin-Luther-Krankenhaus, Caspar-Theyß-Straße 27-31, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Monday 12th of March 2001

Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death dies of heart failure at the age of 65 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Lucas is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville. As of 2012 his grave is unmarked due to vandalism and theft.

Monday 12th of March 2001

Writer Robert Ludlum dies while recovering from severe burns caused by a mysterious fire which occurred on 10 February at the age of 74 in Naples, Florida, United States.

Monday 12th of March 2007

Washing facilities for 3.592 people in a 3.490 cubic meter parking lot cum nuclear bunker 'Schutzraum' in Mehrzweckanlage Kudamm-Karree, Uhlandstraße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Thursday 12th of March 2015

Black Zebra killer J.C.X. Simon dies of unknown causes at the age of 69 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States.

Saturday 12th of March 2022

81 people are executed in a mass execution in Riyāḍ, Manţiqat ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia.

The group - including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national - were convicted of 'multiple heinous crimes', including terrorism.