March 12th, 1946

Born on March 12th, 1946

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 472 days, exactly on August 4th, 2025, people who were born on March 12th, 1946 will be 29,000 days old!

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What happened on March 12th?

March 12th, 2014

A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.

March 12th, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web.

March 12th, 1971

The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.

March 12th, 1952

British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.

March 12th, 1947

Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.

March 12th, 1940

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

March 12th, 1934

Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.

March 12th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.

March 12th, 1930

Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.

March 12th, 1913

At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of Governor-General Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.

March 12th, 1881

Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.

March 12th, 1622

Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.

March 12th, 2020

The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 12th, 2019

In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

March 12th, 2018

US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.

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

Born on March 12th, 1946

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Frank Welker

American actor (born 1946)

*March 12th, 1946, Denver

78

Alan Hays

Florida State Senator

*March 12th, 1946, Henderson

78

Michel Guérin

French writer and philosopher

*March 12th, 1946, Nantes

78

Ricky King

German musician

*March 12th, 1946, Rastatt

70

Kenji Kosaka

Japanese politician

*March 12th, 1946, Nagano †October 21st, 2016

78

Dean Cundey

American cinematographer

*March 12th, 1946, Alhambra

78

Ilkka Niiniluoto

Finnish philosopher and mathematician

*March 12th, 1946, Helsinki

78

Joyce Cavalccante

Brazilian writer

*March 12th, 1946, Fortaleza

58

Serge Turgeon

Canadian actor (1946-2004)

*March 12th, 1946, Montreal †May 18th, 2004

78

Patricia Hampl

Memoirist, writer, educator

*March 12th, 1946, Saint Paul

78

Manuel Cavazos Lerma

Mexican politician

*March 12th, 1946, Matamoros

78

Jerry Howarth

American-Canadian sportscaster

*March 12th, 1946, York

78

Koulbak Victor

French painter

*March 12th, 1946, Moscow

78

Marty Cooper

American musician

*March 12th, 1946, Denver

78

Ya'acov Dorchin

Israeli artist

*March 12th, 1946, Haifa

50

Albert Porta i Muñoz

American painter

*March 12th, 1946, Barcelona †January 1st, 1997

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

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

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

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

76

Kent Conrad

American politician (born 1948)

*March 12th, 1948, Bismarck

76

James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

*March 12th, 1948, Boston

77

Peter Harry Carstensen

German politician

*March 12th, 1947, Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

81

Ratko Mladić

Convicted war-criminal and former general of the Bosnian Serb military (1991-1996)

*March 12th, 1943, Božanovići

72

André Comte-Sponville

French philosopher

*March 12th, 1952, Paris

89

Knut Bohwim

Norwegian filmmaker (1931-2020)

*March 12th, 1931, Oslo †June 16th, 2020, Oslo

41

Lena Frier Kristiansen

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1983, Randers

37

Chen Hsiao-Huan

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1987, Kaohsiung

64

Courtney B. Vance

American actor

*March 12th, 1960, Detroit

29

Darya Samarchants

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Kharkiv

27

Joel Eipe

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1997, Frederiksberg

61

Ian Holloway

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*March 12th, 1963, Bristol

29

Loh Kean Hean

Singaporean badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Penang

58

David Daniels

American opera singer

*March 12th, 1966, Spartanburg

22

Kok Jing Hong

Malaysian badminton player

*March 12th, 2002, Kedah

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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