February 12th, 1949

Born on February 12th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

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What happened on February 12th?

February 12th, 2003

Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.

February 12th, 1994

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.

February 12th, 1945

A devistating tornado outbreak across Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.

February 12th, 1691

A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.

February 12th, 2016

In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.

February 12th, 2009

Just before it was scheduled to land at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

February 12th, 2001

The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

February 12th, 1993

Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.

February 12th, 1947

The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look collection (suit pictured), which revolutionized women's dress and re-established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II.

February 12th, 1946

African-American U.S. Army veteran Isaac Woodard was severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer and lost sight in both eyes, an incident that galvanized the civil rights movement.

February 12th, 1942

The Imperial Japanese Army initiated the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore.

February 12th, 1935

The USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sank<--!(contemporary artist's rendering of the crash).

February 12th, 1924

George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.

February 12th, 1909

The ferry SS Penguin struck a rock in Wellington Harbour and sank, killing 75 people in New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century.

February 12th, 1855

The precursor of Michigan State University in East Lansing was founded as the United States' first agricultural college.

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

Born on February 12th, 1949

75

Joaquín Sabina

Spanish singer, composer and poet (born 1949)

*February 12th, 1949, Úbeda

71

Marion Hänsel

Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor (1949-2020)

*February 12th, 1949, Marseille †June 8th, 2020, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe

75

Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu

Canadian politician

*February 12th, 1949, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette

75

Fergus Slattery

Irish rugby union player

*February 12th, 1949, Dún Laoghaire

75

Barbara Honigmann

German author and artist

*February 12th, 1949, East Berlin

75

Gundappa Viswanath

Indian cricketer

*February 12th, 1949, Bhadravathi

63

Enzo Hernández

Venezuelan baseball player

*February 12th, 1949, Valle de Guanape †January 13th, 2013, El Tigre

75

Kazuo Yamazaki

Japanese anime director

*February 12th, 1949, Tokyo

75

Robin Thomas

American actor (1949-)

*February 12th, 1949, Pittsfield

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

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

24

María Becerra

Argentine singer (born. 2000)

*February 12th, 2000, Quilmes

56

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)

*February 12th, 1809, Hodgenville †April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.

74

Bernie Paul

German singer and record producer

*February 12th, 1950, Schweinfurt

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

73

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

*February 12th, 1809, The Mount †April 19th, 1882, Down House

76

Raymond Kurzweil

American author, scientist, inventor and futurist

*February 12th, 1948, Queens

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

76

Nicholas Soames

British politician

*February 12th, 1948, Croydon

56

Simon Northwood

Canadian actor and stuntman

*February 12th, 1968, Wimbledon

74

Michael Ironside

Canadian actor

*February 12th, 1950, Toronto

77

Wolfgang Solz

German footballer (1940–2017)

*February 12th, 1940, Frankfurt †March 24th, 2017

61

John Michael Higgins

American actor and comedian

*February 12th, 1963, Boston

76

Clemens Bollen

German politician

*February 12th, 1948

78

Harald Irmscher

East German footballer

*February 12th, 1946, Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

53

Benjamin Sadler

German actor

*February 12th, 1971, Toronto

44

Christina Ricci

American actress (born 1980)

*February 12th, 1980, Santa Monica

44

Sarah Lancaster

American actress

*February 12th, 1980, Overland Park

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Public holidays on February 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 12th.

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Born on February 12th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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