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March 21, 2012

March 21, 2012 — a day on which Albrecht Dietz and Ron Erhardt share the historical record. The year's #1 song was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. Artem Kotenko, Princess Athena of Denmark, Blue Ivy Carter would arrive in the same year.

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2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

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Died on March 21, 2012

Albrecht Dietz German businessman (1926–2012)

Ron Erhardt American football player and coach, college athletics administrator

Robert Fuest British film and television director (1927–2012)

Tonino Guerra Italian concentration camp survivor, poet, writer and screenwriter (1920–2012)

Irving Louis Horowitz American sociologist

Yuri Razuvaev Russian chess grandmaster (1945–2012)

Marina Salye Russian politician (1934–2012)

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Others born in 2012

Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer

Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–

Blue Ivy Carter 2012– American singer and actress

Doug the Pug 2012– American celebrity dog

Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer

Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–

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