May 12th, 1669

Born on May 12th, 1669

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 129,000 days old!

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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?

35

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

43

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

62

Augustus II the Strong

King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony (1670–1733)

*May 12th, 1670, Dresden †February 1st, 1733, Warsaw

31

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

79

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

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

28

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

90

Florence Nightingale

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

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

58

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

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

73

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

40

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

96

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

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

55

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

85

Erdmann Neumeister

German theologian and hymnwriter

*May 12th, 1671, Uichteritz †August 18th, 1756, Hamburg

84

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

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

75

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

90

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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

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

44

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

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

61

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

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71

Urban Gottfried Siber

German theologian

*December 12th, 1669, Bad Schandau †June 15th, 1741, Leipzig

80

Isaak Steiger

Swiss politician (1669-1749)

*March 7th, 1669, Aarburg †December 20th, 1749, Bern

88

Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow

German general

*December 17th, 1669, Myślibórz †March 28th, 1758, Neuruppin

33

Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena

German noblewoman

*December 20th, 1669, Jena †January 6th, 1703, Gräfentonna

58

Anne Marie d'Orléans

Queen Consort of Sardinia (1669-1728)

*August 27th, 1669, Saint-Cloud †August 26th, 1728, Villa della Regina

23

Maria Antonia of Austria

Archduchess of Austria (1669-1692)

*January 18th, 1669, Vienna †December 24th, 1692, Vienna

62

Eudoxia Lopukhina

Russian empress, first wife of Peter I

*July 30th, 1669, Moscow †August 27th, 1731, Moscow

53

Raymund Ferdinand of Rabatta

German priest

*February 4th, 1669, Gorizia †October 25th, 1722, Passau

55

Johann Christoph Jauch

German author

*September 13th, 1669, Güstrow †January 26th, 1725, Lüneburg

49

Leonhard Christoph Sturm

German mathematician (1669-1719)

*November 5th, 1669, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †June 6th, 1719, Blankenburg

55

Martin Chladni

German theologian

*October 25th, 1669, Kremnica †September 12th, 1725, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Louis Marchand

French keyboardist and composer

*February 2nd, 1669, Lyon †February 17th, 1732, Paris

86

Christian von Linger

German military personnel

*April 5th, 1669, Berlin †April 17th, 1755, Berlin

83

Henriette Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

(1669-1753)

*September 19th, 1669, Wolfenbüttel †January 20th, 1753, Roermond

61

Friederike Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach

(1669-1730)

*May 5th, 1669, Altenkirchen (Westerwald) †November 12th, 1730, Bad Langensalza

50

Johann Joseph Seyler

German author and theologian

*October 24th, 1669, Bayreuth †November 7th, 1719, Berg

44

Georg Theodor Barthold

German university teacher and writer (1669-1713)

*March 6th, 1669, Kötzschau †December 6th, 1713, Giessen

80

Cornelis Sweerts

Dutch poet, playwright and writer

*February 20th, 1669, Amsterdam †March 23rd, 1749, Maarssen

71

Joseph Talcott

Governor of the Connecticut Colony (1669-1741)

*November 11th, 1669, Hartford †October 11th, 1741, Hartford

75

Johann Caspar Haferung

German theologian

*February 14th, 1669, Kraja †May 17th, 1744, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1669 is a normal year and no leap year.

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