April 12th, 1889

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Born on April 12th, 1889 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1889)

Born on April 12th, 1889

Weekday

Friday

April 12th, 1889 was a Friday.

Age

135

People born on April 12th, 1889 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 135 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1889 - April 20th, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 679 days, exactly on March 5th, 2026, people who were born on April 12th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,321 Days

7,045 Weeks

1,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

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

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

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

Robert Delaunay

French painter (1885–1941)

*April 12th, 1885, Paris †October 25th, 1941, Montpellier

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

Raymond Barre

85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)

*April 12th, 1924, Saint-Denis †August 25th, 2007, 5th arrondissement of Paris

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

Otto Fritz Meyerhof

German biochemist (1884-1951)

*April 12th, 1884, Hanover †October 6th, 1951, Philadelphia

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

James Hillman

American psychologist (1926-2011)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlantic City †October 27th, 2011, Thompson

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

*April 12th, 1933, Barcelona †October 6th, 2018, Barcelona

Ed O'Neill

American actor (born 1946)

*April 12th, 1946, Youngstown

Same year
Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

Anna Akhmatova

Russian poet (1889–1966)

*June 11th, 1889, Odesa †March 5th, 1966, Domodedovo

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

Cosmonautics Day (Russia)

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day

International Day of Human Space Flight

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Human_Space_Flight

Yuri's Night (International observance)

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri's_Night

Halifax Day (North Carolina)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_American_Revolution_holidays

National Redemption Day (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.IV.MDCCCLXXXIX

12.4.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 1889

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April 12th, 1889

Born on April 12th, 1889

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,321 Days

7,045 Weeks

1,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 12th?

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

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

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

Same year Born in 1889

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Children's Day (Bolivia)

Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)

Alferius

Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso

Erkembode

Pope Julius I

Teresa of the Andes

Zeno of Verona

April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Cosmonautics Day (Russia)

International Day of Human Space Flight

Yuri's Night (International observance)

Halifax Day (North Carolina)

National Redemption Day (Liberia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.4.1889

Legend

Leap year

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April 1889

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1889

Calendar
April 1889

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