September 12th, 1932

Born on September 12th, 1932

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

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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, 1932

81

Kim Hamilton

American actress (1932-2013)

*September 12th, 1932, Los Angeles †September 16th, 2013, Los Angeles

80

Bernard Delcampe

Footballer (1932-2013)

*September 12th, 1932, Mohon †January 8th, 2013, Poitiers

80

Muriel Siebert

American businesswoman (1928-2013)

*September 12th, 1932, Cleveland †August 24th, 2013, New York City

72

Atli Dam

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1932-2005)

*September 12th, 1932, Tvøroyri †February 7th, 2005, Tórshavn

70

Skip Ward

American actor and television producer (1932-2003)

*September 12th, 1932, Cleveland †June 27th, 2003, Calabasas

83

Robert W. Farquhar

American astronautical engineer

*September 12th, 1932, Chicago †October 18th, 2015, Burke

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Who's birthday is on September 12th?

88

Ian Holm

British actor (1931–2020)

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

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

93

Akira Suzuki

Japanese chemist (1930 - )

*September 12th, 1930, Mukawa

85

Anne Helm

American actress and author, born 1938

*September 12th, 1938, Toronto

83

Joachim Frank

German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

*September 12th, 1940, Siegen

62

Mylène Farmer

French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

*September 12th, 1961, Pierrefonds

84

Stanisław Lem

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

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

81

George Jones

American country musician (1931–2013)

*September 12th, 1931, Saratoga †April 26th, 2013, Nashville

36

Julia Wong Pei Xian

Badminton player

*September 12th, 1987, Malacca

66

Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

66

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

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

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

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

56

Mirko Slomka

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1967, Hildesheim

88

Harvey Schmidt

American composer for musical theatre and illustrator

*September 12th, 1929, Dallas †February 28th, 2018, Tomball

37

Emmy Rossum

American actress and singer

*September 12th, 1986, New York City

58

Irène Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1897-1956)

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

56

Louis C.K.

American comedian and actor

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

55

Amala Akkineni

Indian actress

*September 12th, 1968, Kolkata

81

Michel Drucker

French journalist

*September 12th, 1942, Vire

78

Richard Thaler

American economist

*September 12th, 1945, East Orange

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68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

79

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

*February 27th, 1932, Hampstead Garden Suburb †March 23rd, 2011, Los Angeles

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

86

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

*November 29th, 1932, 5th arrondissement of Paris †September 26th, 2019, 6th arrondissement of Paris

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

82

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

84

Debbie Reynolds

American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)

*April 1st, 1932, El Paso †December 28th, 2016, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

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Leap year

Yes: 1932 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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