August 12th, 1851

Born on August 12th, 1851

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What happened on August 12th, 1851?

August 12th, 1851

Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Singer

What else happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

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

Born on August 12th, 1851

81

Albert Bettannier

French painter (1851-1932)

*August 12th, 1851, Metz †November 17th, 1932, 10th arrondissement of Paris

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Who's birthday is on August 12th?

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Murcia †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

59

Helena Blavatsky

Russian occult writer

*August 12th, 1831, Dnipro †April 26th, 1891, London

60

Diamond Jim Brady

American businessman

*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

77

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

*August 12th, 1881, Ashfield †January 21st, 1959, Hollywood

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

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Born in 1851

84

Francis Bell

New Zealand politician (1851-1936)

*March 31st, 1851, Nelson †March 13th, 1936, Wellington

69

Adalbert Ricken

German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist

*March 18th, 1851, Fulda †March 1st, 1921, Fulda

87

Karl Börgemann

German architect (1851–1938)

*April 22nd, 1851, Hanover †September 22nd, 1938, Hanover

82

Dora Montefiore

Suffragette, socialist, writer

*December 20th, 1851, Coulsdon †December 21st, 1933, Hastings

74

Léon Bourgeois

French statesman (1851-1925)

*May 29th, 1851, former 9th arrondissement of Paris †September 29th, 1925, Épernay

77

Ferdinand Foch

French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)

*October 2nd, 1851, Tarbes †March 20th, 1929, Paris

90

Arthur Evans

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

*July 8th, 1851, Nash Mills †July 11th, 1941, Youlbury House

80

Melvil Dewey

American librarian

*December 10th, 1851, Adams Center †December 26th, 1931, Lake Placid

66

Émile Boirac

French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer

*August 26th, 1851, Guelma †September 20th, 1917, Dijon

70

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

French politician (1851-1921)

*February 8th, 1851, Strasbourg †April 20th, 1921, Osthouse

64

Silvanus P. Thompson

British academic physicist (1851-1916)

*June 19th, 1851, York †June 12th, 1916, Greater London

77

Henry Arthur Jones

English dramatist

*September 20th, 1851, Granborough †January 7th, 1929, Hampstead

78

Emile Berliner

German-born American inventor (1851–1929)

*May 20th, 1851, Hanover †August 3rd, 1929, Washington, D.C.

75

André Wormser

French composer

*November 1st, 1851, Paris †November 4th, 1926, Paris

80

Octave Uzanne

French writer

*September 14th, 1851, Auxerre †October 31st, 1931, Saint-Cloud

73

Aristide Bruant

French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner

*May 6th, 1851, Courtenay †February 10th, 1925, 18th arrondissement of Paris

59

Georg Jellinek

German philosopher (1851-1911)

*June 16th, 1851, Leipzig †January 12th, 1911, Heidelberg

75

Giuseppe Allamano

Italian Roman Catholic priest (1851-1926)

*January 21st, 1851, Castelnuovo Don Bosco †February 16th, 1926, Turin

90

Charles Fitzpatrick

Canadian politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada

*December 19th, 1851, Sainte-Foy †June 17th, 1942, Quebec City

74

Knut Wicksell

Swedish economist

*December 20th, 1851, Stockholm †May 3rd, 1926, Stocksund

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1851 is a normal year and no leap year.

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