April 12th, 1955

Born on April 12th, 1955

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What happened on April 12th, 1955?

April 12th, 1955

The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine

What else 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.

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

Born on April 12th, 1955

69

Fabian Hamilton

British politician (born 1955)

*April 12th, 1955, Westminster

69

Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson

Icelandic writer

*April 12th, 1955, Akureyri

69

Eraldo Pecci

Italian footballer

*April 12th, 1955, San Giovanni in Marignano

69

Jean-Louis Aubert

French rock musician

*April 12th, 1955, Nantua

69

Otari Arshba

Russian politician/ member:State Duma of the Russian Federation

*April 12th, 1955, Sukhumi

69

Nils Gaup

Saami director from Norway

*April 12th, 1955, Kautokeino Municipality

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

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

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

68

Andy Garcia

American actor and director

*April 12th, 1956, Havana

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

68

Herbert Grönemeyer

German singer, musician and actor

*April 12th, 1956, Göttingen

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

71

Anne Abernathy

American sportswoman

*April 12th, 1953, Saint Thomas

30

Saoirse Ronan

American actress

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

76

Joschka Fischer

German politician

*April 12th, 1948, Gerabronn

78

Ed O'Neill

American actor

*April 12th, 1946, Youngstown

70

Patricia Duff

American political fundraiser

*April 12th, 1954, Los Angeles

70

John Faulkner

Australian politician

*April 12th, 1954, Leeton

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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, 1955
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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