March 12th, 1887

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Born on March 12th, 1887 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1887)

Born on March 12th, 1887

Weekday

Saturday

March 12th, 1887 was a Saturday.

Age

137

People born on March 12th, 1887 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 137 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1887 - March 20th, 1887

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 50,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 913 days, exactly on October 29th, 2026, people who were born on March 12th, 1887 will be 51,000 days old!

50,087 Days

7,155 Weeks

1,645 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on March 12th?

March 12th, 2014

A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.

March 12th, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web.

March 12th, 1971

The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.

March 12th, 1952

British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.

March 12th, 1947

Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.

March 12th, 1940

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

March 12th, 1934

Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.

March 12th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.

March 12th, 1930

Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.

March 12th, 1913

At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of Governor-General Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.

March 12th, 1881

Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.

March 12th, 1622

Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.

March 12th, 2020

The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 12th, 2019

In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

March 12th, 2018

US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.

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

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

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)

*March 12th, 1863, Pescara †March 1st, 1938, Gardone Riviera

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

Idris I of Libya

King of Libya

*March 12th, 1889, Jaghbub †May 25th, 1983, Cairo

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

Chen Hsiao-Huan

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1987, Kaohsiung

Lena Frier Kristiansen

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1983, Randers

Darya Samarchants

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Kharkiv

Joel Eipe

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1997, Frederiksberg

Knut Bohwim

Norwegian filmmaker (1931-2020)

*March 12th, 1931, Oslo †June 16th, 2020, Oslo

Vaslav Nijinsky

Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 12th, 1889, Kyiv †April 8th, 1950, London

Loh Kean Hean

Singaporean badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Penang

Hans Knappertsbusch

German musician (1888-1965)

*March 12th, 1888, Elberfeld †October 25th, 1965, Munich

Kok Jing Hong

Malaysian badminton player

*March 12th, 2002, Kedah

Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

*March 12th, 1877, Alsenz †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

Stromae

Belgian singer and producer

*March 12th, 1985, Etterbeek

Same year
Born in 1887

Le Corbusier

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)

*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Pierre Taittinger

French politician

*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

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

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

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George Abbott

American writer and director (1887-1995)

*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach

Lynn Fontanne

British actress (1887–1983)

*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

Joseph Lamb

American composer of ragtime music

*December 6th, 1887, Montclair †September 3rd, 1960, Brooklyn

Carmen Lyra

Costa Rican politician and writer

*January 15th, 1887, San José †May 14th, 1949, Mexico City

Lajos Áprily

Hungarian poet/translator/recipient:1954 Attila József Prize

*November 14th, 1887, Brașov †August 6th, 1967, Budapest

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Carlos Dávila

Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)

*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.

Boris Karloff

English actor (1887–1969)

*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe

Vidkun Quisling

Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

*July 18th, 1887, Fyresdal †October 24th, 1945, Akershus Fortress

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 12th

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

Pope Gregory I (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Church, and Anglican Communion)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I

Theophanes the Confessor

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanes_the_Confessor

March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_12_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

National Day (Mauritius)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Mauritius

World Day Against Cyber Censorship

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Day_Against_Cyber_Censorship

Youth Day (Zambia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Zambia

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.III.MDCCCLXXXVII

12.3.1887

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1887

March 1887

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12	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
13	28	29	30	31

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March 12th, 1887

Born on March 12th, 1887

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 50,000 days old!

50,087 Days

7,155 Weeks

1,645 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 12th?

A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.

Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web.

The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.

British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.

Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.

Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.

At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of Governor-General Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.

Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.

Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.

The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.

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

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

Same year Born in 1887

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 12th

Arbor Day (China)

Arbor Day (Taiwan)

Aztec New Year

Alphege

Bernard of Carinola (or of Capua)

Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius and Dorotheus of Nicomedia

Mura (McFeredach)

Fina

Maximilian of Tebessa

Paul Aurelian

Pope Gregory I (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Church, and Anglican Communion)

Theophanes the Confessor

March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Day (Mauritius)

World Day Against Cyber Censorship

Youth Day (Zambia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.3.1887

Legend

Leap year

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March 1887

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same Day
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Same year
Born in 1887

Calendar
March 1887

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9		1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
11	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
12	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
13	28	29	30	31