January 12th, 1938

Born on January 12th, 1938

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What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

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

Born on January 12th, 1938

84

Luis Omedes Jr.

Spanish rower

*January 12th, 1938, Altza †July 20th, 2022

82

Francie Brolly

Northern Irish politician (1938-2020)

*January 12th, 1938, Dungiven †February 6th, 2020, Dublin

86

Monika Schindler

German film editor

*January 12th, 1938, Berlin

86

Alan Rees

Racecar driver

*January 12th, 1938, Wales

48

Heinz Braun

German painter (1938-1986)

*January 12th, 1938, Munich †January 21st, 1986, Munich

79

Teresa del Conde

Mexican art historian and critic

*January 12th, 1938, Mexico City †February 16th, 2017, Mexico City

74

Qazi Hussain Ahmad

Islamist political party president

*January 12th, 1938, Nowshera †January 6th, 2013, Islamabad

72

Devendra Singh

Indian academic

*January 12th, 1938, India †May 18th, 2010

80

Billy Ray Latham

American banjo player

*January 12th, 1938, Arkansas †August 19th, 2018, Nashville

78

Lewis Fiander

Australian actor (1938-2016)

*January 12th, 1938, Melbourne †May 24th, 2016, Melbourne

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Who's birthday is on January 12th?

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

77

Marie Dubois

French actress (1937-2014)

*January 12th, 1937, 15th arrondissement of Paris †October 15th, 2014, Lescar

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

67

Joe Frazier

American boxer (1944–2011)

*January 12th, 1944, Beaufort †November 7th, 2011, Philadelphia

81

Erik Martin

German writer, songwriter and composer of songs (1936-2017)

*January 12th, 1936, Neuss †April 25th, 2017

70

Guy Fischer

Member of the Senate of France (1944-2014)

*January 12th, 1944, Décines-Charpieu †November 1st, 2014, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

76

William Nicholson

British screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1948-)

*January 12th, 1948, Lewes

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

79

Maggie Bell

Scottish singer

*January 12th, 1945, Glasgow

68

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and Russian singer and song writer

*January 12th, 1956, Gagarin

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85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

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No: With 365 days 1938 is a normal year and no leap year.

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