September 12th, 1882

Born on September 12th, 1882

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 51,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 272 days, exactly on January 25th, 2025, people who were born on September 12th, 1882 will be 52,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Born on September 12th, 1882

64

Georg Hermann Gelbke

German painter (1882-1947)

*September 12th, 1882, Rochlitz †March 17th, 1947, Dresden

80

Ion Agârbiceanu

Romanian writer, journalist, musician, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest (1882-1963)

*September 12th, 1882, Cenade †May 28th, 1963, Cluj-Napoca

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Who's birthday is on September 12th?

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

58

Irène Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1897-1956)

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

83

Maurice Chevalier

French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)

*September 12th, 1888, Paris †January 1st, 1972, Paris

62

Mylène Farmer

French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

*September 12th, 1961, Pierrefonds

36

Julia Wong Pei Xian

Badminton player

*September 12th, 1987, Malacca

88

Ian Holm

British actor (1931–2020)

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

66

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

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

84

Stanisław Lem

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

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

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

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

66

Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

56

Mirko Slomka

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1967, Hildesheim

83

Joachim Frank

German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

*September 12th, 1940, Siegen

37

Emmy Rossum

American actress and singer

*September 12th, 1986, New York City

73

Elsa Triolet

French writer

*September 12th, 1896, Moscow †June 16th, 1970, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines

86

Daniel Jones

British phonetician (1881–1967)

*September 12th, 1881, London †December 4th, 1967, Gerrards Cross

85

Anne Helm

American actress and author, born 1938

*September 12th, 1938, Toronto

73

Wolfgang Zeller

German composer

*September 12th, 1893, Biesenrode †January 11th, 1967, Berlin

56

Louis C.K.

American comedian and actor

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

55

Amala Akkineni

Indian actress

*September 12th, 1968, Kolkata

75

H. L. Mencken

American journalist and writer (1880–1956)

*September 12th, 1880, Baltimore †January 29th, 1956, Baltimore

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Born in 1882

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park †April 12th, 1945, Warm Springs

58

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

*February 2nd, 1882, Rathgar †January 13th, 1941, Zürich

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

*May 5th, 1882, Manchester †September 27th, 1960, Addis Ababa

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

90

Gisela Richter

British-American art historian and archaeologist (1882–1972)

*August 14th, 1882, London †December 24th, 1972, Rome

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

*January 25th, 1882, Hyde Park Gate †March 28th, 1941, Lewes

87

Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)

*December 11th, 1882, Wrocław †January 5th, 1970, Göttingen

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

67

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian writer (1882-1949)

*May 20th, 1882, Kalundborg †June 10th, 1949, Lillehammer Municipality

71

Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian-born composer of operettas

*October 24th, 1882, Siófok †October 30th, 1953, Paris

60

Yanka Kupala

Belarusian writer (1882–1942)

*June 25th, 1882, Viazynka †June 28th, 1942, Moscow

93

Sybil Thorndike

British actress (1882-1976)

*October 24th, 1882, Gainsborough †June 9th, 1976, Chelsea

78

Leonhard Frank

German writer

*September 4th, 1882, Würzburg †August 18th, 1961, Munich

89

James F. Byrnes

American politician

*May 2nd, 1882, Charleston †April 9th, 1972, Columbia

64

Noah Beery, Sr.

American actor (1882–1946)

*January 17th, 1882, Kansas City †April 1st, 1946, Los Angeles

82

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

81

James Franck

German physicist

*August 26th, 1882, Hamburg †May 21st, 1964, Göttingen

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

*December 9th, 1882, Los Angeles †June 16th, 1915, Los Angeles

47

Alfred Wegener

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)

*November 1st, 1882, Berlin †October 31st, 1930, Greenland

73

Bela Lugosi

Hungarian-American actor (1882–1956)

*October 20th, 1882, Lugoj †August 16th, 1956, Los Angeles

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Public holidays on September 12th

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1882 is a normal year and no leap year.

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