November 12th, 1953

Born on November 12th, 1953

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 12th?

November 12th, 2014

The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

November 12th, 2006

Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.

November 12th, 2001

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.

November 12th, 1996

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.

November 12th, 1991

Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.

November 12th, 1973

The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.

November 12th, 1970

The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.

November 12th, 1948

Former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes alongside generals Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutō and Kenji Doihara.

November 12th, 1945

Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

November 12th, 1944

Second World War: The Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz on the ninth attempt (video featured), killing about 1,000 sailors on board.

November 12th, 1942

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.

November 12th, 1940

World War II: Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis powers.

November 12th, 1932

At the request of the Government of Western Australia, the Australian military officially resumed fighting the Great Emu War after their prior withdrawal.

November 12th, 1928

The British ocean liner SS Vestris sank in the western Atlantic Ocean, killing 111 people.

November 12th, 1912

Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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

Born on November 12th, 1953

70

Carl Ciarfalio

American stuntman and actor

*November 12th, 1953, Alhambra

70

Ursula Mogg

German politician

*November 12th, 1953, Koblenz

70

Vasilis Karras

Greek singer

*November 12th, 1953, Kokkinochori †December 24th, 2023, Thessaloniki

70

Jaime Roos

Uruguayan musician

*November 12th, 1953, Montevideo

70

Baaba Maal

Senegalese singer (born 1953)

*November 12th, 1953, Podor

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

80

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

76

Patrice Leconte

French film director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1947, Paris

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

62

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguayan footballer

*November 12th, 1961, Montevideo

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

20

Daria Bujnicka

Badminton player

*November 12th, 2003, Łódź

77

Keith Mitchell

Grenadian politician

*November 12th, 1946, Saint George Parish

75

Hassan Rouhani

Former President of Iran, cult leader

*November 12th, 1948, Sorkheh

53

Tonya Harding

American figure skater

*November 12th, 1970, Portland

41

Anne Hathaway

American actress

*November 12th, 1982, New York City

71

Max Grodénchik

American actor

*November 12th, 1952, Queens

43

Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor

*November 12th, 1980, London

69

Rhonda Shear

American actress, television personality, and comedian

*November 12th, 1954, New Orleans

28

Tadeusz Borowski

Polish writer and journalist (1922-1951)

*November 12th, 1922, Zhytomyr †July 3rd, 1951, Warsaw

38

Yvonne Nelson

Ghanaian model, actress, film producer, author and entrepreneur.

*November 12th, 1985, Accra

80

Wallace Shawn

American actor

*November 12th, 1943, New York City

77

Peter Post

Dutch cyclist (1933–2011)

*November 12th, 1933, Amsterdam †January 14th, 2011, Amsterdam

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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