April 12th, 1915

Born on April 12th, 1915

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 39,000 days old!

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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 bombarding 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

Born on April 12th, 1915

95

Wolfhart Burdenski

German judge

*April 12th, 1915, Königsberg †August 28th, 2010, Frankfurt

90

Lujo Tončić-Sorinj

Austrian diplomat, politician, foreign minister (1915-2005)

*April 12th, 1915, Vienna †May 20th, 2005, Salzburg

63

Kurt Früh

Swiss film director (1915-1979)

*April 12th, 1915, St. Gallen †March 24th, 1979, Boswil

60

Hound Dog Taylor

American Chicago blues guitarist and singer

*April 12th, 1915, Natchez †December 17th, 1975, Chicago

80

Ernest Borneman

(1915-1995) German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, psychoanalyst, sexologist, communist agitator, jazz musician and critic

*April 12th, 1915, Berlin †June 4th, 1995, Eferding

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

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

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

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

83

Raymond Barre

85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)

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

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

85

James Hillman

American psychologist

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

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

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

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

30

Saoirse Ronan

American actress

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

107

Irma Rapuzzi

French politician (1910-2018)

*April 12th, 1910, Cadolive †April 4th, 2018, 11th arrondissement of Marseille

85

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

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

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

91

André Martinet

French linguist (1908-1999)

*April 12th, 1908, Saint-Alban-des-Villards †July 16th, 1999, Châtenay-Malabry

80

Ann Miller

American actress and dancer (1923–2004)

*April 12th, 1923, Houston †January 22nd, 2004, Los Angeles

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

Same year
Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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