Editing 2012 (section)

===March===
*[[March 1]] &ndash; [[Sauli Niinistö]] is inaugurated as the 12th [[President of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-5297162|title=Sauli Niinistö is Finland's 12th president|website=Yle|date=2012-02-05|access-date=2023-08-17|archive-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531002457/https://yle.fi/a/3-5297162|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 4]]
** [[Brazzaville arms dump blasts|A series of explosions]] is reported at a munitions dump in [[Brazzaville]], the capital of the [[Republic of the Congo]], with at least 250 people dead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17249480|title=Brazzaville munitions dump blasts 'kill scores'|work=BBC News|date=March 4, 2012|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304130645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17249480|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Vladimir Putin]] is [[2012 Russian presidential election|elected]] [[President of Russia]].
* [[March 5]] – Air date of ''[[Kony 2012]]'' ([[viral video|viral]] [[documentary film]]) on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/citynews/10807 |title=Kony fever hits York! |date=March 7, 2012 |work=The Yorker |author=Neylon, Stephanie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142114/http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/citynews/10807 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Molloy">{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/892373-kony-2012-campaign-shedding-light-on-uganda-conflict-a-huge-online-success|title=KONY 2012: Campaign shedding light on Uganda conflict an online success  |date=March 7, 2012|work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]]|author=Molloy, Mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309103031/http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/892373-kony-2012-campaign-shedding-light-on-uganda-conflict-a-huge-online-success|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/07/kony-2012-invisible-children-documentary-sheds-light-on-uganda-conflict-video_n_1326183.html|title=Kony 2012: Invisible Children Documentary Sheds Light On Uganda Conflict (VIDEO)  |date=March 7, 2012|work=[[Huffington Post]]|author=Nelson, Sara C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118023620/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/07/kony-2012-invisible-children-documentary-sheds-light-on-uganda-conflict-video_n_1326183.html?ref=uk|archive-date=November 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; A coach carrying school pupils and teachers [[Sierre coach crash|crashes]] while travelling through [[Sierre Tunnel]] on the [[A9 motorway (Switzerland)|A9 motorway]] in western Switzerland. Of the 52 people on board, 28 are killed, among them 22 children.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; After 246 years since its first publication, the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' discontinues its print edition.<ref>{{cite news |author=McCarthy, Tom |date=2012-03-13 |title=Encyclopædia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication?newsfeed=true |work=The Guardian |access-date=2012-03-14 |location=London |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203041335/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication?newsfeed=true |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; Communist party chief of [[Chongqing]] [[Bo Xilai]], well known for his [[Chinese New Left|neo-Maoist]] leanings and policies, is removed from his post after a large scandal involving the [[Neil Heywood|murder of British businessman Neil Heywood]] and an [[Wang Lijun incident|incident involving the Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17377445|title=Bo Xilai removed by China from Chongqing leader post|work=BBC News|date=March 15, 2012|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219052710/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17377445|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 22]]
** The [[List of heads of state of Mali|President of Mali]], [[Amadou Toumani Touré]], is ousted in a [[2012 Malian coup d'état|coup d'état]] after mutinous soldiers attack government offices.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/world/africa/mali-coup-france-calls-for-elections.html |url-access=subscription |title=Soldiers Overthrow Mali Government in Setback for Democracy in Africa |author=Adam Nossiter |date=March 22, 2012 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 22, 2012 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330031937/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/world/africa/mali-coup-france-calls-for-elections.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Pakistan]] wins the [[2012 Asia Cup]] cricket tournament.