May 12th, 1927

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Born on May 12th, 1927 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
Born on May 12th, 1927: When to retire?
What happened on May 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1927)

Born on May 12th, 1927

Weekday

Thursday

May 12th, 1927 was a Thursday.

Age

People born on May 12th, 1927 will turn 97 this year (2024), in exactly 19 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1927 - May 21st, 1927

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 35,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 589 days, exactly on December 3rd, 2025, people who were born on May 12th, 1927 will be 36,000 days old!

35,411 Days

5,058 Weeks

1,163 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on May 12th, 1927: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

Please adjust life expectancy

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What happened on May 12th?

May 12th, 2008

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

May 12th, 1998

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

May 12th, 1975

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

May 12th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

May 12th, 1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

May 12th, 1948

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

May 12th, 1941

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

May 12th, 1938

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

May 12th, 1932

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

May 12th, 1888

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

May 12th, 1881

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

May 12th, 1863

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

May 12th, 1846

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

May 12th, 1743

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

May 12th, 2018

Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

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

Born on May 12th, 1927

Barbara Dane

American singer

*May 12th, 1927, Detroit

Suzanne Dalbert

French actress (1927-1970)

*May 12th, 1927, Paris †December 31st, 1970, France

Roland La Starza

American boxer (1927-2009)

*May 12th, 1927, The Bronx †September 30th, 2009, Port Orange

Erwin Sturm

German theologian (1927-2016)

*May 12th, 1927, Fulda †May 4th, 2016

Georges Scandar

Lebanese bishop

*May 12th, 1927, Zahlé †May 15th, 2018

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

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

James Samuel Coleman

American sociologist

*May 12th, 1926, Lawrence County †March 25th, 1995, Chicago

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris

Yogi Berra

American baseball player, manager, coach

*May 12th, 1925, St. Louis †September 22nd, 2015, Montclair

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

Patrick Ricard

French entrepreneur and CEO

*May 12th, 1945, Marseille †August 17th, 2012, Toulon

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

Robert Gerringer

American actor (1926-1989)

*May 12th, 1926, New York City †November 8th, 1989, Damariscotta

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

Same year
Born in 1927

Shirley Fry

American tennis and badminton player

*June 30th, 1927, Akron †July 13th, 2021, Naples

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

Hansjürgen Müller-Beck

German prehistorian

*August 13th, 1927, Apolda †August 2nd, 2018, Bern

Roger Moore

English actor (1927–2017)

*October 14th, 1927, Stockwell †May 23rd, 2017, Crans-Montana

Bhumibol Adulyadej

King of Thailand

*December 5th, 1927, Mount Auburn Hospital †October 13th, 2016, Siriraj Hospital

Benedict XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 (1927–2022)

*April 16th, 1927, Birth house of Benedict XVI †December 31st, 2022, Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

Harry Belafonte

American singer and actor (1927–2023)

*March 1st, 1927, New York City †April 25th, 2023, New York City

Johannes Georg Seidel

*May 16th, 1927, Dresden †August 26th, 2017

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

Lothar Dräger

German comics writer

*January 19th, 1927, Grambow †July 9th, 2016, Potsdam

Claude Taittinger

French businessperson

*October 2nd, 1927, Paris †January 3rd, 2022, Paris

Erika Simon

German classical archaeologist (1927-2019)

*June 27th, 1927, Rheingönheim †February 15th, 2019, Würzburg

Horst Rudolf Abe

German medical historian (1927-2006)

*October 12th, 1927, Erfurt †February 27th, 2006, Erfurt

Günter Grass

German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)

*October 16th, 1927, Free City of Danzig †April 13th, 2015, Lübeck

Hans Wußing

German historian of mathematics

*October 15th, 1927, Waldheim †April 26th, 2011, Leipzig

Uta Ranke-Heinemann

German Catholic theologian and author; World's first woman to hold a chair in Catholic theology

*October 2nd, 1927, Essen †March 25th, 2021, Essen

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

Kika de la Garza

American politician (1927-2017)

*September 22nd, 1927, Mercedes †March 13th, 2017, McAllen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.V.MCMXXVII

12.5.1927

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Born on May 12th, 1927
Future birthdays

99

2026Tuesday, May 12th

100

2027Wednesday, May 12th

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1927 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1927

May 1927

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May 12th, 1927

Born on May 12th, 1927

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 35,000 days old!

35,411 Days

5,058 Weeks

1,163 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on May 12th, 1927: When to retire?

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What happened on May 12th?

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

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

Born on May 12th, 1927

American singer

French actress (1927-1970)

American boxer (1927-2009)

German theologian (1927-2016)

Lebanese bishop

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

Same year Born in 1927

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Blessed Imelda

Blessed Joan of Portugal

Crispoldus

Dominic de la Calzada

Epiphanius of Salamis

Gregory Dix (Church of England)

Modoald

Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras

Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (Eastern Church)

Philip of Agira

International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

International Nurses Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.5.1927

Legend

Born on May 12th, 1927 Future birthdays

99

100

Leap year

Calendar May 1927

May 1927

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 35,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1927

Born on May 12th, 1927
Future birthdays

Calendar
May 1927

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