June 12th, 1940

Born on June 12th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 12th, 1940?

June 12th, 1940

World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on June 12th?

June 12th, 2016

An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.

June 12th, 2010

Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.

June 12th, 1999

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment in the territory.

June 12th, 1994

The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.

June 12th, 1991

More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.

June 12th, 1987

Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).

June 12th, 1978

American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.

June 12th, 1967

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.

June 12th, 1963

The premiere was held in New York of the historical drama film Cleopatra, the most expensive film made to that point.

June 12th, 1942

On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank (pictured) began keeping a diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.

June 12th, 1921

Soviet politician Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko authorised the use of chemical weapons against a peasant rebellion in the Tambov Governorate.

June 12th, 1914

As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing, Turkish irregulars began a six-day massacre of the predominantly Greek town of Phocaea.

June 12th, 1899

The New Richmond tornado killed 117 people and injured 125 others in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

June 12th, 1864

Union General Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, ending one of the bloodiest, most lopsided battles in the American Civil War.

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

Born on June 12th, 1940

79

Albert Razin

Russian ethnographer and Udmurt language activist

*June 12th, 1940, Kuzyumovo †September 10th, 2019, Izhevsk

83

Raymond O. Wells, Jr.

American mathematician

*June 12th, 1940, Dallas

83

Jacques Brassard

Canadian politician

*June 12th, 1940, Alma

82

Louisette Dussault

Canadian actress

*June 12th, 1940, Thetford Mines †March 14th, 2023, Montreal

83

Susan Engberg

American writer

*June 12th, 1940, Dubuque

83

Hernán Boher

A Chilean alpine skier.

*June 12th, 1940, Santiago

83

Paolo Cimpiel

Italian footballer

*June 12th, 1940, Pasiano di Pordenone

81

Jack Weisgerber

Canadian politician

*June 12th, 1940, Barrhead †June 3rd, 2022

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Who's birthday is on June 12th?

71

Reg Presley

British singer (1941–2013)

*June 12th, 1941, Andover †February 4th, 2013, Andover

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

38

Pablo Abián

Spanish badminton player

*June 12th, 1985, Calatayud

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

*June 12th, 1965, Hamburg †August 26th, 2013, Berlin

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

71

Glenn W. Most

American classical philologist (born 1952)

*June 12th, 1952, Miami

86

Joël de Rosnay

French scientist

*June 12th, 1937, Curepipe

57

Erica van den Heuvel

Badminton player

*June 12th, 1966, Helmond

72

Vladimir Arnold

Russian mathematician who studied integrable systems and differential equations (1937–2010)

*June 12th, 1937, Odesa †June 3rd, 2010, Paris

42

Adriana Lima

Brazilian model

*June 12th, 1981, Salvador

50

Nichola Beck

Badminton player

*June 12th, 1973, Ealing

47

Stewart Carson

Badminton player

*June 12th, 1976, Irvine

36

Luke Humphrey

American-Canadian actor

*June 12th, 1987, California

46

Ann-Lou Jørgensen

Badminton player

*June 12th, 1977, Odder

33

Asumi Kugo

Badminton player

*June 12th, 1990, Nara Prefecture

32

Maxime Moreels

Badminton player

*June 12th, 1991, Nivelles

82

Marie Drahokoupilová

Czech actress

*June 12th, 1941, Prague

71

Siegfried Brietzke

East German rower

*June 12th, 1952, Rostock

48

Stephanie Szostak

French actress

*June 12th, 1975, Paris

23

Natthapat Trinkajee

Badminton player

*June 12th, 2000, Bangkok

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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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Public holidays on June 12th

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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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