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Top 10 March 12 Birthdays

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Dishonorable Mention: March 12, 1832: Charles Boycott.  An English land agent in Ireland, he was forced to resign in 1880 after his workers rebelled against him, leading to his name becoming a byword for refusal to buy the products of someone perceived to be evil. Dishonorable Mention: March 12, 1863: Gabriele D'Annunzio.  Although one of the greatest writers the modern nation of Italy has ever produced, and a heroic figure in World War I, he treated the women in his life horribly, and was an inspiration and later supporter for the fascist state of Benito Mussolini. Dishonorable Mention: March 12, 1943:  Ratko Mladić .  Chief of Staff of the Army of the Bosnian Serb Republic, he was convicted of war crimes in the Bosnian War. Dishonorable Mention: March 12, 1947: Mitt Romney.  As the Republican Party's nominee for President in 2012, he warned about the rising threat of Russia. In Donald Trump's 2nd impeachment trial, he was the only Republican to vote for his co...