August 12th, 1936

Born on August 12th, 1936

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 32,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 966 days, exactly on December 18th, 2026, people who were born on August 12th, 1936 will be 33,000 days old!

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What happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

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

Born on August 12th, 1936

87

Gerold Tandler

German politician

*August 12th, 1936, Liberec

87

Rachid Mekhloufi

Algerian footballer

*August 12th, 1936, Sétif

87

Hans Haacke

Conceptual political artist

*August 12th, 1936, Cologne

87

John Poindexter

Retired American naval officer and Department of Defense official

*August 12th, 1936, Odon

85

Margot Eskens

German singer

*August 12th, 1936, Düren †July 29th, 2022, Carinthia

59

Jürgen Wohlrabe

German film producer and politician (1936-1995)

*August 12th, 1936, Hanau †October 19th, 1995, Berlin

86

Martin Bieltz

Romanian rower

*August 12th, 1936, Sighișoara †November 30th, 2022

87

Gabriel Matzneff

French writer

*August 12th, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine

73

André Kolingba

Central African politician

*August 12th, 1936, Bangui †February 7th, 2010, 5th arrondissement of Paris

81

Kjell Grede

Swedish film director and screenwriter

*August 12th, 1936, Stockholm †December 15th, 2017, Nyköping

87

Elizabeth Shepherd

British actress

*August 12th, 1936, London

87

Vance Wilkins

American politician

*August 12th, 1936, Amherst County

87

Gönül Yazar

Turkish singer and actress

*August 12th, 1936, İzmir

87

Carlyn Kruger

Canadian alpine skier

*August 12th, 1936, Montreal

70

Iosif Bükössy

Romanian association football player (1936–2006)

*August 12th, 1936, Mediaș †October 30th, 2006, Bucharest

81

Karl-Ernst Herrmann

German costume designer (1936-2018)

*August 12th, 1936, Neukirch/Lausitz †May 13th, 2018, Berlin

86

Terry Grier

Canadian politician

*August 12th, 1936, Toronto †November 30th, 2022

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

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

82

Letícia Román

Italian actress

*August 12th, 1941, Rome

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

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

86

Herman De Croo

Flemish politician

*August 12th, 1937, Brakel

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

84

George Hamilton

American film and television actor

*August 12th, 1939, Memphis

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

98

Lucy Salani

Italian LGBT rights activist and antifascist (1924–2023)

*August 12th, 1924, Fossano †March 21st, 2023, Bologna

76

Walter Dean Myers

American writer

*August 12th, 1937, Martinsburg †July 1st, 2014, Beth Israel Medical Center

61

Guillermo Cano Isaza

Colombian journalist (1925-1986)

*August 12th, 1925, Bogotá †December 17th, 1986, Bogotá

Same year
Born in 1936

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

87

Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter

*September 21st, 1936, Cologne

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

68

Dave Allen

Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)

*July 6th, 1936, Firhouse †March 10th, 2005, Kensington

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

*July 20th, 1936, Hamburg †February 15th, 2018, Berlin

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

82

Burt Reynolds

American actor (1936–2018)

*February 11th, 1936, Lansing †September 6th, 2018, Jupiter

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

72

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

*December 8th, 1936, Hollywood †June 3rd, 2009, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1936 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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