May 12th, 1950

Born on May 12th, 1950

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

May 12th, 2018

Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

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

Born on May 12th, 1950

73

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

73

Bruce Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer

*May 12th, 1950, Elgin

73

Louise Portal

Canadian actress, singer and writer

*May 12th, 1950, Saguenay

73

Viktor Ivanov

Russian politician and businessman

*May 12th, 1950, Veliky Novgorod

73

Billy Squier

American rock musician

*May 12th, 1950, Wellesley

73

Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Politician, lawyer, activist, author

*May 12th, 1950, Glasgow

73

Ronnie Foster

American organist and record producer

*May 12th, 1950, Buffalo

60

Pauline Lapointe

Canadian actress (1950-2010)

*May 12th, 1950, Saguenay †August 30th, 2010, Montreal

71

Reinhard Roß

German politician

*May 12th, 1950, Berlin †October 30th, 2021

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

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

72

George Karl

American basketball player and coach

*May 12th, 1951, Penn Hills

31

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

58

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

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

67

Patrick Ricard

French entrepreneur and CEO

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

55

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

69

Barry Ackroyd

British cinematographer

*May 12th, 1954, Manchester

61

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

75

Steve Winwood

English musician

*May 12th, 1948, Birmingham

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

40

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

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

77

Daniel Libeskind

Polish-American architect

*May 12th, 1946, Łódź

74

Jiří Liška

Czech senator of Czech Parliament, politician and veterinary

*May 12th, 1949, Havlíčkův Brod

96

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

64

Ving Rhames

American actor

*May 12th, 1959, New York City

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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