April 12th, 1179

Born on April 12th, 1179

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 308,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 290 days, exactly on April 16th, 2025, people who were born on April 12th, 1179 will be 309,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 12th?

24

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

30

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

56

Robert Delaunay

French painter (1885–1941)

*April 12th, 1885, Paris †October 25th, 1941, Montpellier

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

83

Raymond Barre

85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)

*April 12th, 1924, Saint-Denis †August 25th, 2007, 5th arrondissement of Paris

34

Fran Halsall

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion

*April 12th, 1990, Southport

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

85

James Hillman

American psychologist (1926-2011)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlantic City †October 27th, 2011, Thompson

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

61

Lydia Cacho

Mexican journalist

*April 12th, 1963, Mexico City

32

Chad le Clos

South African swimmer

*April 12th, 1992, Durban

46

Robin Walker

British politician

*April 12th, 1978, West Midlands

41

Matthias Büttner

German politician (born 1983)

*April 12th, 1983, Staßfurt

69

Fabian Hamilton

British politician (born 1955)

*April 12th, 1955, Westminster

78

Ed O'Neill

American actor (born 1946)

*April 12th, 1946, Youngstown

85

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

*April 12th, 1933, Barcelona †October 6th, 2018, Barcelona

76

Joschka Fischer

German politician

*April 12th, 1948, Gerabronn

91

John Landy

Australian athlete

*April 12th, 1930, Hawthorn †February 24th, 2022, Castlemaine

36

Yannick Sagbo

Ivorian and French footballer

*April 12th, 1988, Marseille

59

Chi Onwurah

British politician (born 1965)

*April 12th, 1965, Wallsend

43

Tulsi Gabbard

United States Representative from Hawaii from 2013 to 2021

*April 12th, 1981, Leloaloa

84

Herbie Hancock

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

*April 12th, 1940, Chicago

51

Amr Waked

Egyptian actor

*April 12th, 1973, Faqous

69

Ioannis Metaxas

Greek politician (1871-1941)

*April 12th, 1871, Ithaca †January 29th, 1941, Athens

74

Joyce Banda

4th President of Malawi

*April 12th, 1950, Zomba

68

Andy Garcia

American actor and director

*April 12th, 1956, Havana

50

Elena Bonetti

Italian politician

*April 12th, 1974, Asola

34

Hiroki Sakai

Japanese association football player

*April 12th, 1990, Kashiwa

82

Johnny Raper

Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator

*April 12th, 1939, Revesby †February 9th, 2022

95

Jane Withers

American actress (1926-2021)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlanta †August 7th, 2021, Burbank

51

Bobby Moore

English association football player (1941–1993)

*April 12th, 1941, Barking †February 24th, 1993, London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1179 is a normal year and no leap year.

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