| DATE | Location | Type | Description |
| 3/12/1998 | Windham, NH | MVA | A 40-car pileup on I-93 results in the injury of at least 24 people. The proximate cause of the incident seems to be a blinding snowstorm. |
| 3/12/1993 | Bombay, India | Terrorism | A series of 13 bombs explode in the city killing more than 300 people. |
| 3/12/1993 | United States | Snowstorm | A monster winter storm starts up along the Gulf Coast and marches up the eastern coastline in just 48 hrs. killing 500 and creating $1.2 billion in damages. Typical deaths are due to heart attacks. Snow accumulations rise to double digits. |
| 3/12/1976 | Oven Fork, KY | Mine explosion | A second methane explosion occurs in the same mine killing 11 including 3 Federal safety investigators. |
| 3/12/1888 | New York, NY | Blizzard | The Blizzard of 1888 begins. Winds reach 100 mph and drifts climb 15 ft. Over 200 are dead. |
| 3/12/1888 | New York, NY | Winter Storm | New York; Blizzard of 1888 begins paralyzing the city. Winds up to 100 mph form drifts of 15 ft. Over 200 dead. |
| 3/12/1812 | Caracas, Venezuela | Earthquake | An earthquake virtually crumples the city leaving only 1/10 of it intact. Approximately 20,000 natives are killed. |