August 12th, 1958

Born on August 12th, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

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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, 1958

65

Tōru Doi

Japanese politician

*August 12th, 1958, Tomiya

65

Yannick Favennec

French politician

*August 12th, 1958, Chaudron-en-Mauges

65

Takanori Jinnai

Japanese actor, singer, talent, movie director (1958-)

*August 12th, 1958, Ōkawa

65

Pablo Longueira

Chilean politician

*August 12th, 1958, Osorno

65

Grace Grace

Australian politician

*August 12th, 1958, Brisbane

65

Rodolfo Piza

Costa Rican lawyer and judge

*August 12th, 1958, San José

65

Fouad Laroui

Moroccan economist and writer (born 1958)

*August 12th, 1958, Oujda

65

Jürgen Dehmel

German musician

*August 12th, 1958, Berlin

65

Scott Gaylord

American racing driver

*August 12th, 1958, Lakewood

65

Zoran Vorotović

Montenegrin footballer

*August 12th, 1958, Herceg Novi

65

Takashi Yagihashi

Chef

*August 12th, 1958, Mito

65

Rusty McNealy

American baseball player

*August 12th, 1958, Sacramento

65

Dragon Lee

South Korean-Hong Kong actor and martial artist

*August 12th, 1958, Seosan

65

Benjamin Hsiao

Asian American, chemist, chemical engineer, vice-president for research at Stony Brook University, fellow of ACS, APS and AAAS

*August 12th, 1958, Taipei

65

Alvin Hall

American football player

*August 12th, 1958, Dayton

65

Bobby Torrance

Association football player (born 1958)

*August 12th, 1958, Glasgow

65

Haim Jelin

Israeli politician

*August 12th, 1958, Buenos Aires

65

Neptun Bajko

Albanian footballer

*August 12th, 1958, Albania

65

Charles Blenzig

American musician

*August 12th, 1958, The Bronx

65

Valerie Landsburg

American actress, director, screenwriter, singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1958, New York City

65

Barry Cook

American film director and effects animator

*August 12th, 1958, Nashville

Same Day
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

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

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

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

66

Martin Aeschlimann

Swiss professor of physics

*August 12th, 1957, Liestal

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

67

Cindy Farquhar

Physician in New Zealand, ob gyn

*August 12th, 1956, Auckland

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

68

Dietmar Schauerhammer

East German bobsledder

*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

53

Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

66

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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