August 12th, 1951

Born on August 12th, 1951

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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, 1951

72

Wolfgang Wulf

German politician

*August 12th, 1951, Oldenburg

72

Vicente Muleiro

Argentine writer, playwright and journalist

*August 12th, 1951, Buenos Aires

72

Brian Dailey

American artist

*August 12th, 1951, Pittsburg

72

Carmen Trutanich

American politician

*August 12th, 1951, San Pedro

72

Hratch Kozibeyokian

Armenian-American rug salesman

*August 12th, 1951, Aleppo

66

Andrzej Blumenfeld

Polish actor

*August 12th, 1951, Zabrze †August 14th, 2017, Warsaw

72

Klaus Toppmöller

German footballer and manager

*August 12th, 1951, Rivenich

72

Héctor Rodríguez

Cuban judoka

*August 12th, 1951, Guanajay

54

Charles E. Brady Jr.

American astronaut

*August 12th, 1951, Pinehurst †July 23rd, 2006, Orcas Village

72

Maureen Moore

American actress (born 1951)

*August 12th, 1951, Wallingford

72

Guy Berruyer

French businessman

*August 12th, 1951, Paris

72

James T. Sears

American educator, historian, and activist

*August 12th, 1951, Tipton

72

Debbie McCune Davis

American politician who was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives

*August 12th, 1951, Braddock

72

Curt Sonney

American politician

*August 12th, 1951, Erie

72

Bernadette Swinnerton

Road racing cyclist

*August 12th, 1951, Stoke-on-Trent

72

Acija Alfirević

Writer and literary translator

*August 12th, 1951, Split

72

Anwar ul-Haq Ahady

Afghan politician

*August 12th, 1951, Surobi

72

Cecilio Lastra

Spanish boxer

*August 12th, 1951, Santander

72

Hideki Matsutake

Japanese composer, arranger, synthesizer programmer (1951-)

*August 12th, 1951, Yokohama

72

John W. Rudnicki

American university teacher

*August 12th, 1951, Huntington

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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

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

71

Kip Holden

American politician

*August 12th, 1952, New Orleans

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

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

75

Larry Carpenter

American director

*August 12th, 1948, Brockport

71

Chen Kaige

Chinese film director and screenwriter

*August 12th, 1952, Beijing

68

Dietmar Schauerhammer

East German bobsledder

*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

69

Max Straubinger

German politician

*August 12th, 1954, Simbach

73

Jim Beaver

American actor

*August 12th, 1950, Laramie

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

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

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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