January 12th, 1940

Born on January 12th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 215 days, exactly on November 26th, 2024, people who were born on January 12th, 1940 will be 31,000 days old!

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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, 1940

84

Matthias Habich

German actor

*January 12th, 1940, Gdańsk

84

Serge Latouche

French economist

*January 12th, 1940, Vannes

73

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American jazz drummer (1940–2013)

*January 12th, 1940, Fort Worth †October 19th, 2013, Fort Worth

84

Rolf Saalfrank

German chemist

*January 12th, 1940, Fürth

84

Bob Hewitt

South African convicted rapist and professional tennis player

*January 12th, 1940, Dubbo

67

Dick Motz

New Zealand cricketer (1940-2007)

*January 12th, 1940, Christchurch †April 29th, 2007, Christchurch

Same Day
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

67

Joe Frazier

American boxer (1944–2011)

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

70

Guy Fischer

Member of the Senate of France (1944-2014)

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

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

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

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

76

William Nicholson

British screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1948-)

*January 12th, 1948, Lewes

77

Marie Dubois

French actress (1937-2014)

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

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

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

79

Maggie Bell

Scottish singer

*January 12th, 1945, Glasgow

81

Erik Martin

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

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

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

68

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and Russian singer and song writer

*January 12th, 1956, Gagarin

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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