April 12th, 1952

Born on April 12th, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 688 days, exactly on March 15th, 2026, people who were born on April 12th, 1952 will be 27,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

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

Born on April 12th, 1952

72

Gary Soto

American poet and writer

*April 12th, 1952, Mexico City

72

Leicester Rutledge

New Zealand rugby union player

*April 12th, 1952, Christchurch

72

Christof Wetterich

German physicist

*April 12th, 1952, Freiburg im Breisgau

72

Hellmut Hattler

German musician

*April 12th, 1952, Ulm

63

Hermann Strampfer

German politician, jurist and civil servant (1952-2015)

*April 12th, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd †September 2nd, 2015

72

Pierre Stolze

French writer

*April 12th, 1952, Metz

72

Reuben Gant

American football player

*April 12th, 1952, Tulsa

52

Ralph Wiley

American sports journalist (1952–2004)

*April 12th, 1952, Memphis †June 13th, 2004, Orlando

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

24

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

71

Anne Abernathy

American sportswoman

*April 12th, 1953, Saint Thomas

69

Fabian Hamilton

British politician (born 1955)

*April 12th, 1955, Westminster

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

74

Joyce Banda

4th President of Malawi

*April 12th, 1950, Zomba

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

76

Joschka Fischer

German politician

*April 12th, 1948, Gerabronn

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

78

Ed O'Neill

American actor (born 1946)

*April 12th, 1946, Youngstown

61

Lydia Cacho

Mexican journalist

*April 12th, 1963, Mexico City

30

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

68

Andy Garcia

American actor and director

*April 12th, 1956, Havana

Same year
Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on April 12th, 1952
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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