In March, 2012 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruling in an action brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council and others, ordered the FDA to revoke approvals for the use of antibiotics in livestock which violated FDA regulations.

In 2012, it is celebrated on March 5.

On 18 March 2012, Rowan Williams announced he would be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of 2012.

* Metamath-a language for developing strictly formalized mathematical definitions and proofs accompanied by a proof checker for this language and a growing database of thousands of proved theorems ; while the Metamath language is not accompanied with an automated theorem prover, it can be regarded as important because the formal language behind it allows development of such a software ; as of March, 2012, there is no " widely " known such software, so it is not a subject of " automated theorem proving " ( it can become such a subject ), but it is a proof assistant.

** Zehra Kadriye Katırcıoğlu ( Istanbul 12 March 1929-Istanbul 15 May 2012 ), married Ahmet Cevat Tugay have 4 sons and a daughter

In January 2012, the Welsh Government announced the repeal the Abergavenny Improvement Acts of 1854 to 1871 which obliged the holding of a livestock market within the boundaries of Abergavenny town ; that repeal being effective from 26 March 2012.

The project was slated to be completed by December 31, 2011 ; as of 16 March 2012, construction is ongoing.

A sports bulletin from the BBC Sport Centre with Olly Foster in March 2012

From 5 March 2012 Sports Bulletins come from the BBC Sport Centre in MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.

As of March 2012 the main sports presenters on the channel are Olly Foster, Katie Gornall, Katherine Downes, Damian Johnson, Andrew Lindsay and Jenny Culshaw.

Until March 2012 bulletins came from the News Channel studio at 45 minutes past the hour.

* Conservative Party ' Cash for Access ' scandal, March 2012.

On 19 March 2012 The Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history.

The two airmen had been NCOICs in medical units deployed to the War in Afghanistan and received the medals in March 2012.

The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use of the phrase " conspiracy theory " to a 1909 article in The American Historical Review .< ref >" conspiracy ", Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989 ; online version March 2012.

< http :// www. oed. com / view / Entry / 39766 >; accessed 20 March 2012 .</ ref > Other sources pre-date this use by nearly four decades to at least 1871, where it is used in The Journal of Mental Science reporting on a conference of the Fifth Quarterly Meeting of the Medico-Psychological Association ( now the Royal College of Psychiatrists ), held on Thursday, January 27th, 1870:

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" In March 2012, the now-retired Fidel Castro met Pope Benedict XVI during the latter's visit to Cuba ; the two men discussed the role of the Catholic Church in Cuba, which has a large Catholic community.

* " Chairman Ben Bernanke Lecture Series Part 1 " Recorded live on March 20, 2012 10: 35am MST at a class at George Washington University

It will convene immediately prior to the joint meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, is scheduled for 22-24 March 2012 in Dublin, Ireland.

A video game controller called the X-SKIN, using this system, was expected to be commercially available by 2010 to help make MMORPGs popular on console systems and ease entry of common data such as a username and password, but announcement of its release was available on the In10did website as of 4 March 2012.

The cross was badly damaged again in March 2012, when a taxi crashed into it late at night demolishing two sides.

On 23 March 2012 Cessna announced that it is pursing building business jets in China as part of a joint venture with Aviation Industry Corporation of China ( AVIC ).

Shanghai Airlines moved to Terminal 2 upon its opening on March 26, 2008 with 14 other airlines, including Air India, Northwest Airlines, Qatar Airways, Alitalia, British Airways, Qantas, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Philippine Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Transaero Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Aerosvit Airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Royal Nepal Airlines.

In March 2012 another Asian Jetstar branded airline was announced, Jetstar Hong Kong, a strategic partnership between the Qantas Group and China Eastern Airlines, which is expected to commence operations in 2013.

* March 15 – A Qantas flying boat makes a survey flight from Sydney ( Australia ) to Valparaíso ( Chile ) via Easter Island ( Eastern Pacific region ), a first flight of this type across the South Pacific.

* March 25 – Qantas retires its last Boeing 707 and becomes the world's first airline with a fleet made up exclusively of Boeing 747s.

The 1999 Australian Grand Prix ( formally the LXIV Qantas Australian Grand Prix ) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 March 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.

Following a burglary, a murder, and two attempted murders in Adelaide during March 1838, Governor Hindmarsh created the South Australian Police Force ( now named South Australia Police ) in April 1838 under 21-year-old Henry Inman.

After a stalemate on the Gaza — Beersheba line between March and October 1917, Beersheba was captured by the Australian Mounted Division's 4th Light Horse Brigade.

In March 1977, the Australian Cricket Board assembled 218 of the surviving 224 Australia-England players for a Test match to celebrate 100 years of Test cricket between the two nations.

In February and March 1985 the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was played at the MCG, a One Day International tournament involving all of the then Test match playing countries to celebrate 150 years of the Australian state of Victoria.

The Liberal National Party led by Lawrence Springborg went on to lose the March 2009 election to Anna Bligh's Australian Labor Party.

In March 2010, Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God's version of the John Williamson song " Winter Green " was included on a new compilation album The Absolute Best of John Williamson: 40 Years True Blue, commemorating the singer-songwriter's milestone of 40 years in the Australian music industry.

Askin enlisted as a Private in the Second Australian Imperial Force on 30 March 1942.

By March 2007 Australian viewing figures for Neighbours had fallen to fewer than 700, 000 a night, prompting a revamp of cast and graphics used on the show, and a deemphasis on the action oriented direction the series had moved in with a move to refocus the show on the family storylines it is traditionally known for.

Skyhooks were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in March 1973 by mainstays Greg Macainsh on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Imants " Freddie " Strauks on drums.

* March 8 – The Australian parliament is opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.

* March 24 – Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league player

* March 14 – John McCallum, Australian actor ( d. 2010 )

* March 13 – Australian federal election, 1993: The Australian Labor Party stays in power despite poor economic results.

* March 28 – Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician ( b. 1903 )

* March 2 – WWII: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.

* March 10 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator

* March 29 – Billy Thorpe, English-born Australian singer-songwriter ( d. 2007 )

* March 24 – In the Australian federal election, the Australian Labor Party, led by Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke, clings to power with a reduced majority.

* March 1 – Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office as Premier of South Australia.

* March 1 – Sydney Deane, Australian cricketer and actor ( d. 1934 )

* March 14 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer

* March 7 – Lorimer Dods, Australian medical pioneer ( d. 1981 )

* March 16 – Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player