May 12th, 1949

Born on May 12th, 1949

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What happened on May 12th, 1949?

May 12th, 1949

Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War

What else happened on May 12th?

May 12th, 2008

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

May 12th, 1998

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

May 12th, 1975

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

May 12th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

May 12th, 1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

May 12th, 1948

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

May 12th, 1941

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

May 12th, 1938

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

May 12th, 1932

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

May 12th, 1888

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

May 12th, 1881

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

May 12th, 1863

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

May 12th, 1846

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

May 12th, 1743

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

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

Born on May 12th, 1949

74

Harry Wijnvoord

Dutch TV presenter

*May 12th, 1949, The Hague

74

Jiří Liška

Czech senator of Czech Parliament, politician and veterinary

*May 12th, 1949, Havlíčkův Brod

74

Pepper Jay

American journalist

*May 12th, 1949, Hollywood

74

Ross Bleckner

American artist

*May 12th, 1949, New York City

74

Hans Leyendecker

German journalist

*May 12th, 1949, Brühl

74

Otto Kapfinger

Austrian architect and author

*May 12th, 1949, St. Pölten

74

Moto Hagio

Manga artist

*May 12th, 1949, Ōmuta

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Who's birthday is on May 12th?

73

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

75

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

43

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

35

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

31

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

58

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

67

Patrick Ricard

French entrepreneur and CEO

*May 12th, 1945, Marseille †August 17th, 2012, Toulon

28

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

75

Steve Winwood

English musician

*May 12th, 1948, Birmingham

72

George Karl

American basketball player and coach

*May 12th, 1951, Penn Hills

55

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

61

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

69

Barry Ackroyd

British cinematographer

*May 12th, 1954, Manchester

73

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer

*May 12th, 1950, Elgin

40

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

79

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris

77

Daniel Libeskind

Polish-American architect

*May 12th, 1946, Łódź

73

Louise Portal

Canadian actress, singer and writer

*May 12th, 1950, Saguenay

40

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

*May 12th, 1975, Auckland †November 18th, 2015, Auckland

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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

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

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

Benjamin Netanyahu

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

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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

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