May 12th, 1240

Born on May 12th, 1240

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 641 days, exactly on February 21st, 2026, people who were born on May 12th, 1240 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 12th?

May 12th, 2008

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

May 12th, 1998

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

May 12th, 1975

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

May 12th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

May 12th, 1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

May 12th, 1948

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

May 12th, 1941

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

May 12th, 1938

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

May 12th, 1932

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

May 12th, 1888

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

May 12th, 1881

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

May 12th, 1863

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

May 12th, 1846

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

May 12th, 1743

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

May 12th, 2018

Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

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

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

36

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

44

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

32

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

29

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

79

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris

59

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

19

Alwi Farhan

Indonesian badminton player

*May 12th, 2005, Surakarta

90

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)

*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

41

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

74

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

56

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

96

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

76

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

84

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

90

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

62

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

40

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

*May 12th, 1975, Auckland †November 18th, 2015, Auckland

44

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

67

Patrick Ricard

French entrepreneur and CEO

*May 12th, 1945, Marseille †August 17th, 2012, Toulon

81

Karl von Appen

German stage designer/member:Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists. (1900-1981)

*May 12th, 1900, Düsseldorf †August 22nd, 1981, East Berlin

81

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

59

Myrtle Corbin

American sideshow performer

*May 12th, 1868, Lincoln County †May 6th, 1928, Cleburne

43

Rami Malek

American actor

*May 12th, 1981, Los Angeles

37

Darren Randolph

Irish association football player

*May 12th, 1987, Bray

42

Hugo von François

German officer (1861-1904)

*May 12th, 1861, Dzierżoniów †March 13th, 1904

32

Tommy Dorfman

American actress

*May 12th, 1992, Atlanta

54

Lisa Brescia

American actress

*May 12th, 1970, Sioux Falls

70

Jules Massenet

French composer (1842–1912)

*May 12th, 1842, Saint-Étienne †August 13th, 1912, Paris

70

Barry Ackroyd

British cinematographer

*May 12th, 1954, Manchester

60

Tobias Schröter

German figure skater

*May 12th, 1964, Dresden

65

Ving Rhames

American actor

*May 12th, 1959, New York City

34

Florent Amodio

French figure skater

*May 12th, 1990, Sobral

73

George Karl

American basketball player and coach

*May 12th, 1951, Penn Hills

40

Maryam Mirzakhani

Iranian mathematician

*May 12th, 1977, Tehran †July 14th, 2017, Stanford

45

Joaquim Rodríguez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*May 12th, 1979, Barcelona

18

Matheu Hinzen

Dutch actor and singer

*May 12th, 2006, Antwerp

46

Malin Åkerman

Swedish-American actress (born 1978)

*May 12th, 1978, Stockholm

33

Joe Dombrowski

American road cyclist

*May 12th, 1991, Marshall

82

Heinz Köhler

German politician

*May 12th, 1942, Mitwitz

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1240 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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