September 12th, 1940

Born on September 12th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 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, 1940

83

Joachim Frank

German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

*September 12th, 1940, Siegen

83

Frankie Avalon

American actor and singer

*September 12th, 1940, Philadelphia

83

Linda Gray

Actress

*September 12th, 1940, Santa Monica

83

Roger K. Crouch

American astronaut

*September 12th, 1940, Jamestown

77

Anton Regh

German footballer (1940-2018)

*September 12th, 1940, Stotzheim †January 14th, 2018, Euskirchen

83

Skip Hinnant

American actor

*September 12th, 1940, Chincoteague

83

Gerhard Schweizer

German cultural scientist and writer

*September 12th, 1940, Stuttgart

77

Jean-Claude D'Arménia

French association football player (1940-2018)

*September 12th, 1940, Port Said †May 10th, 2018, Saint-Paul

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

85

Anne Helm

American actress and author, born 1938

*September 12th, 1938, Toronto

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

88

Ian Holm

British actor (1931–2020)

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

62

Mylène Farmer

French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

*September 12th, 1961, Pierrefonds

66

Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

81

Michel Drucker

French journalist

*September 12th, 1942, Vire

36

Julia Wong Pei Xian

Badminton player

*September 12th, 1987, Malacca

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

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

84

Stanisław Lem

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

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

56

Mirko Slomka

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1967, Hildesheim

82

Çetin İnanç

Turkish film director

*September 12th, 1941, Ankara

80

Michael Ondaatje

Canadian novelist and poet

*September 12th, 1943, Colombo

37

Emmy Rossum

American actress and singer

*September 12th, 1986, New York City

78

Richard Thaler

American economist

*September 12th, 1945, East Orange

66

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

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

62

Günter Rexrodt

German politician (1941-2004)

*September 12th, 1941, Berlin †August 19th, 2004, Berlin

78

Maria Aitken

British actress, writer, producer and director

*September 12th, 1945, Dublin

93

Akira Suzuki

Japanese chemist (1930 - )

*September 12th, 1930, Mukawa

85

Patrick Mower

British actor

*September 12th, 1938, Oxford

56

Louis C.K.

American comedian and actor

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

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

83

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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