Template:On this day/March 12

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

March 12:

• 1821 – Andrew Jackson was commissioned by President James Monroe to oversee the transfer of Florida to the United States and became Florida's first American governor.
• 1849 – Eugenio Antonio Sierra died.
• 1912 – African-American history: Booker T. Washington visited Pensacola and spoke at the Opera House