September 12th, 1607

Born on September 12th, 1607

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 12th?

September 12th, 2008

A Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train in Los Angeles, California, resulting in 25 deaths and 135 injuries; the Metrolink driver had passed through a red signal, having likely been distracted by text messaging.

September 12th, 2003

Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.

September 12th, 1995

Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.

September 12th, 1992

Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.

September 12th, 1983

The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.

September 12th, 1977

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died after being beaten in police custody in Port Elizabeth.

September 12th, 1962

In a speech at Rice Stadium in Houston, U.S. president John F. Kennedy reiterated an aspiration to land a man on the Moon before 1970.

September 12th, 1952

Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.

September 12th, 1948

The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War.

September 12th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Edson's Ridge in an effort to retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from the Allies.

September 12th, 1933

Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London.

September 12th, 1928

The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe; eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths overall.

September 12th, 1910

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand", was first performed in Munich (1916 performers pictured).

September 12th, 1846

The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) eloped to Italy, marrying in secret to avoid their disapproving families.

September 12th, 1309

Reconquista: Castilian forces captured Gibraltar from the Emirate of Granada.

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

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

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

36

Julia Wong Pei Xian

Badminton player

*September 12th, 1987, Malacca

62

Mylène Farmer

French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

*September 12th, 1961, Pierrefonds

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

*September 12th, 1973, Glendale †November 30th, 2013, Valencia

88

Ian Holm

British actor (1931–2020)

*September 12th, 1931, Goodmayes †June 19th, 2020, London

66

Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

37

Emmy Rossum

American actress and singer

*September 12th, 1986, New York City

56

Mirko Slomka

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1967, Hildesheim

58

Irène Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1897-1956)

*September 12th, 1897, 13th arrondissement of Paris †March 17th, 1956, Paris

84

Stanisław Lem

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist (1921-2006), studied medical doctor

*September 12th, 1921, Lviv †March 27th, 2006, Kraków

66

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

*September 12th, 1913, Oakville †March 31st, 1980, Tucson

83

Joachim Frank

German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

*September 12th, 1940, Siegen

80

William Dugdale

English officer of arms

*September 12th, 1605, Shustoke †February 10th, 1686, Shustoke

85

Anne Helm

American actress and author, born 1938

*September 12th, 1938, Toronto

56

Louis C.K.

American comedian and actor

*September 12th, 1967, Washington, D.C.

55

Amala Akkineni

Indian actress

*September 12th, 1968, Kolkata

86

James Hall

American paleontologist (1811-1898)

*September 12th, 1811, Hingham †August 7th, 1898, Bethlehem

42

Jennifer Hudson

American singer–songwriter, actress, spokesperson

*September 12th, 1981, Chicago

29

Simone Consonni

Italian cyclist

*September 12th, 1994, Ponte San Pietro

37

Yuto Nagatomo

Japanese association football player

*September 12th, 1986, Saijō

Same year
Born in 1607

69

Paul Gerhardt

German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)

*March 12th, 1607, Gräfenhainichen †May 27th, 1676, Lübben

69

Wenceslaus Hollar

Czech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver

*July 13th, 1607, Prague †March 25th, 1677, London

63

Sebastian von Rostock

German bishop (1607-1671)

*August 24th, 1607, Grodków †June 9th, 1671, Wrocław

54

John Kemény

Prince of Transylvania (1607-1662)

*December 14th, 1607, Bichiș †January 23rd, 1662, Daneș

69

Michiel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral (1607-1676)

*March 24th, 1607, Vlissingen †April 29th, 1676, Syracuse

93

Madeleine de Scudéry

French writer (1607–1701)

*November 15th, 1607, Le Havre †June 2nd, 1701, Paris

70

Anna Maria van Schurman

Dutch painter (1607-1678)

*November 5th, 1607, Cologne †May 4th, 1678, Wiuwert

30

John Harvard

English-American clergyman and philanthropist

*November 26th, 1607, Southwark †September 14th, 1638, Charlestown

40

Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla

Spanish writer

*October 4th, 1607, Toledo †January 23rd, 1648, Madrid

39

Isaac Jogues

Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest

*January 15th, 1607, Orléans †October 18th, 1646, Auriesville

60

Johann von Rist

German poet and dramatist

*March 8th, 1607, Hamburg †August 31st, 1667, Wedel

53

Barbe D'Ernecourt Saint-Balmon

French writer (1606-1660)

*May 14th, 1607, Neuville-en-Verdunois †May 22nd, 1660, Neuville-en-Verdunois

44

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

English Royalist peer (1607-1651)

*January 31st, 1607, Knowsley Hall †October 15th, 1651, Bolton

53

Étienne de Flacourt

French colonial governor and scholar (1607–1660)

*January 1st, 1607, Orléans †June 10th, 1660, Atlantic Ocean

63

Antonio Barberini

Italian cardinal (1607-1671), nephew of Pope Urban VIII

*August 5th, 1607, Rome †August 3rd, 1671, Nemi

54

Giovanni Francesco Loredano

Italian writer

*February 27th, 1607, Venice †August 13th, 1661, Peschiera del Garda

63

Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz

German writer, poet, theologian and translator

*November 25th, 1607, Schöningen †May 20th, 1671, Brunswick

55

Conrad Barthels

German theologian (1607-1662)

*January 6th, 1607, Halberstadt †February 17th, 1662, Meissen

50

Johann Benedict Carpzov

German theologian

*June 22nd, 1607, Rochlitz †October 22nd, 1657, Leipzig

63

Hans Siegmund Liebenau

German amtshauptmann

*November 17th, 1607, Pirna †September 14th, 1671, Dresden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1607 is a normal year and no leap year.

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