August 12th, 1947

Born on August 12th, 1947

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What happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

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

Born on August 12th, 1947

76

Stefano Benni

Italian writer, journalist

*August 12th, 1947, Bologna

76

Waltraud Lehn

German politician

*August 12th, 1947, Remscheid

76

Amedeo Minghi

Italian singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1947, Rome

76

Roger J. Marzulla

American attorney

*August 12th, 1947, Glendale

76

Atli Gíslason

Icelandic politician

*August 12th, 1947, Reykjavík

76

Dan Rasmussen

American politician

*August 12th, 1947, Independence

76

Babu Namboothiri

Indian actor

*August 12th, 1947, Mannakkanad

76

Peter L. Knight

British physicist

*August 12th, 1947, Bedford

76

Linda Metheny

American gymnast

*August 12th, 1947, Olney

54

John Nathan-Turner

English television producer

*August 12th, 1947, Birmingham †May 1st, 2002, Brighton

76

Ole Henrik Magga

Sámi linguist from Norway

*August 12th, 1947, Ávževuopmi

76

William Hartston

British chess player and author

*August 12th, 1947, London

76

Ozzie Yue

English actor

*August 12th, 1947, Liverpool

76

Omara Atubo

Ugandan lawyer, educator, politician

*August 12th, 1947, Uganda

76

Jake Rathwell

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 12th, 1947, Abitibi-Témiscamingue

76

Gunnar Svedberg

Swedish chemist

*August 12th, 1947, Bollnäs

76

Gabriel Keller

French diplomat

*August 12th, 1947, Paris

76

Dave Easley

Canadian football player

*August 12th, 1947, Vancouver

76

Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga

American Samoan politician and governor

*August 12th, 1947, Taʻū

76

B. Kalyanasundaram

Cricketer

*August 12th, 1947, Kumbakonam

76

Jose Luis León Perea

Mexican politician

*August 12th, 1947, Tulancingo de Bravo

76

Satyadev Pachauri

Indian politician

*August 12th, 1947, Bhind

76

Randy Montgomery

Player of American football

*August 12th, 1947, Houston

76

Chieko Tsukahara

Japanese gymnast (1947-)

*August 12th, 1947, Nagasaki

76

Vic Polizos

Actor

*August 12th, 1947, Atlanta

76

Howard Atherton

British cinematographer

*August 12th, 1947, Ilford

69

Erasto Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist

*August 12th, 1947, Olinda †October 27th, 2016, Paulista

76

Moe L'Abbé

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 12th, 1947, Montreal †January 13th, 2024

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Who's birthday is on August 12th?

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

75

Larry Carpenter

American director

*August 12th, 1948, Brockport

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

74

Mark Knopfler

British musician

*August 12th, 1949, Glasgow

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

82

Letícia Román

Italian actress

*August 12th, 1941, Rome

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

80

Herta Däubler-Gmelin

German politician

*August 12th, 1943, Bratislava

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris

68

Dietmar Schauerhammer

East German bobsledder

*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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