December 12th, 1944

Born on December 12th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 10 days, exactly on May 6th, 2024, people who were born on December 12th, 1944 will be 29,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 12th?

December 12th, 2021

At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton in the final lap to become the World Drivers' Champion.

December 12th, 2000

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.

December 12th, 1988

Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.

December 12th, 1985

Arrow Air Flight 1285R crashed after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, killing 256 people, including 248 members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.

December 12th, 1969

The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.

December 12th, 1964

Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.

December 12th, 1942

World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.

December 12th, 1941

The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.

December 12th, 1939

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, sinking with heavy loss of life.

December 12th, 1936

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China was kidnapped by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, a former warlord of Manchuria.

December 12th, 1935

The Nazi Lebensborn programme, which was later mistakenly believed to engage in coercive breeding, was established to provide assistance to the wives of SS members and unmarried mothers.

December 12th, 1905

In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of Workers' Deputies of Kyiv staged a mass uprising, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in the city.

December 12th, 1866

England's worst mining disaster occurred when a series of explosions (depicted) caused by flammable gases ripped through the Oaks Colliery, killing 361 people.

December 12th, 0627

A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeated Emperor Khosrow II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh, near present-day Mosul, Iraq.

December 12th, 2015

The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.

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

Born on December 12th, 1944

79

Kenneth Cranham

British actor

*December 12th, 1944, Dunfermline

79

Alex Acuña

Peruvian musician

*December 12th, 1944, Pativilca

79

Cara Duff-MacCormick

Canadian actress

*December 12th, 1944, Woodstock

79

Diana Bracho

Mexican actress

*December 12th, 1944, Mexico City

70

Jean Doré

Canadian politician (1944-2015)

*December 12th, 1944, Montreal †June 15th, 2015, Montreal

79

Alain Doutey

French actor

*December 12th, 1944, Paris

46

Rob Tyner

American musician

*December 12th, 1944, Detroit †September 18th, 1991, Berkley

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

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

64

Helen Dunmore

British novelist

*December 12th, 1952, Beverley †June 5th, 2017, Bristol

80

Renate Schmidt

German politician (1943-)

*December 12th, 1943, Hanau

52

Michael Möllenbeck

German discus thrower

*December 12th, 1969, Wesel †November 2nd, 2022, Wesel

90

Caldwell Esselstyn

American physician, author and rower

*December 12th, 1933, New York City

63

Volker Beck

German politician

*December 12th, 1960, Stuttgart

24

Marwa Loud

French singer

*December 12th, 1999, Strasbourg

71

Cathy Rigby

American actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast (born December 12, 1952)

*December 12th, 1952, Los Alamitos

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

65

John Osborne

English playwright (1929-1994)

*December 12th, 1929, London †December 24th, 1994, Shropshire

77

Emerson Fittipaldi

Brazilian racing driver (born 1946)

*December 12th, 1946, São Paulo

78

Luciano Castellini

Italian footballer (born 1945)

*December 12th, 1945, Milan

85

Connie Francis

American recording artist; singer

*December 12th, 1938, Newark

74

Bill Nighy

British actor (born 1949)

*December 12th, 1949, Caterham

83

Dionne Warwick

American singer (born 1940)

*December 12th, 1940, East Orange

80

Dickey Betts

American guitarist, singer and songwriter

*December 12th, 1943, West Palm Beach †April 18th, 2024, Osprey

73

Eric Maskin

American Nobel laureate in economics

*December 12th, 1950, New York City

55

Rory Kennedy

American filmmaker

*December 12th, 1968, Washington, D.C.

56

Grover Washington, Jr.

American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)

*December 12th, 1943, Buffalo †December 17th, 1999, New York City

68

Eddy Schepers

Cyclist

*December 12th, 1955, Tienen

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 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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