November 12th, 1239

Born on November 12th, 1239

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 419 days, exactly on August 23rd, 2025, people who were born on November 12th, 1239 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 12th?

November 12th, 2014

The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

November 12th, 2006

Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.

November 12th, 2001

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.

November 12th, 1996

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.

November 12th, 1991

Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.

November 12th, 1973

The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.

November 12th, 1970

The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.

November 12th, 1948

Former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes alongside generals Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutō and Kenji Doihara.

November 12th, 1945

Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

November 12th, 1944

Second World War: The Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz on the ninth attempt (video featured), killing about 1,000 sailors on board.

November 12th, 1942

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.

November 12th, 1940

World War II: Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis powers.

November 12th, 1932

At the request of the Government of Western Australia, the Australian military officially resumed fighting the Great Emu War after their prior withdrawal.

November 12th, 1928

The British ocean liner SS Vestris sank in the western Atlantic Ocean, killing 111 people.

November 12th, 1912

Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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

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

80

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

20

Daria Bujnicka

Badminton player

*November 12th, 2003, Łódź

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

41

Anne Hathaway

American actress

*November 12th, 1982, Brooklyn

33

Florent Manaudou

French swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder

*November 12th, 1990, Villeurbanne

53

Tonya Harding

American figure skater

*November 12th, 1970, Portland

30

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)

*November 12th, 1780, Paris †August 31st, 1811, Paris

78

Neil Young

Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)

*November 12th, 1945, Toronto

76

Patrice Leconte

French film director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1947, Paris

62

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguayan footballer

*November 12th, 1961, Montevideo

76

Richard Baxter

English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer

*November 12th, 1615, Rowton †December 8th, 1691, London

74

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

*November 12th, 1817, Tehran †May 29th, 1892, Acre

28

Tadeusz Borowski

Polish writer and journalist (1922-1951)

*November 12th, 1922, Zhytomyr †July 3rd, 1951, Warsaw

77

Keith Mitchell

Grenadian politician

*November 12th, 1946, Saint George Parish

43

Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor

*November 12th, 1980, London

38

Yvonne Nelson

Ghanaian model, actress, film producer, author and entrepreneur.

*November 12th, 1985, Accra

62

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

77

Auguste Rodin

French sculptor (1840–1917)

*November 12th, 1840, Paris †November 17th, 1917, Meudon

31

Luguelín Santos

Dominican sprinter

*November 12th, 1992, Bayaguana

58

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

*November 12th, 1866, Cuiheng †March 11th, 1925, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

75

Hassan Rouhani

Iranian politician and president

*November 12th, 1948, Sorkheh

43

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet

*November 12th, 1651, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz †April 17th, 1695, Mexico City

77

Peter Post

Dutch cyclist (1933–2011)

*November 12th, 1933, Amsterdam †January 14th, 2011, Amsterdam

52

Ina Balin

American actress (1937-1990)

*November 12th, 1937, Brooklyn †June 20th, 1990, New Haven

64

Roland Barthes

French philosopher and essayist

*November 12th, 1915, Cherbourg †March 26th, 1980, 13th arrondissement of Paris

32

Gijs Van Hoecke

Belgian racing cyclist

*November 12th, 1991, Ghent

47

Bert Williams

American comedian and actor (1874–1922)

*November 12th, 1874, Nassau †March 4th, 1922, New York City

50

Radha Mitchell

Australian actress

*November 12th, 1973, Melbourne

35

Russell Westbrook

American basketball player

*November 12th, 1988, Long Beach

82

Bob Crewe

American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer

*November 12th, 1931, Newark †September 11th, 2014, Scarborough

83

Charles Manson

American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)

*November 12th, 1934, Cincinnati †November 19th, 2017, Bakersfield

80

Wallace Shawn

American actor

*November 12th, 1943, New York City

37

Ignazio Abate

Italian association football player

*November 12th, 1986, Sant'Agata de' Goti

83

Jalal Talabani

Iraqi politician (1933-2017)

*November 12th, 1933, Kelkan †October 3rd, 2017, Berlin

29

Guillaume Cizeron

French ice dancer

*November 12th, 1994, Montbrison

45

Alexandra Maria Lara

German actress

*November 12th, 1978, Bucharest

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1239 is a normal year and no leap year.

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