March 12, 2002 (Tuesday)
- Israel ground troops invade the West Bank and Gaza Strip in her largest offensive since the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Dozens of tanks occupy Ramallah. Thirty-seven total dead so far, Israeli and Palestinian.
- Coheed and Cambria release their first album, The Second Stage Turbine Blade, on Equal Vision Records.
- Twentieth Century Fox's American television drama series The Shield premieres.