March 12th, 1960

Born on March 12th, 1960

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

March 12th, 2014

A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.

March 12th, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web.

March 12th, 1971

The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.

March 12th, 1952

British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.

March 12th, 1947

Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.

March 12th, 1940

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

March 12th, 1934

Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.

March 12th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.

March 12th, 1930

Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.

March 12th, 1913

At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of Governor-General Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.

March 12th, 1881

Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.

March 12th, 1622

Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, were canonized by Pope Gregory XV.

March 12th, 2020

The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 12th, 2019

In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.

March 12th, 2018

US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.

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

Born on March 12th, 1960

64

Courtney B. Vance

American actor

*March 12th, 1960, Detroit

64

Jason Beghe

US actor

*March 12th, 1960, New York City

64

Kipp Lennon

American musician

*March 12th, 1960, Los Angeles

64

Didier Cherbuy

French actor

*March 12th, 1960, Auxerre

64

Jean-Pierre Bertolino

French association football player

*March 12th, 1960, Reims

64

Reinhard Johler

Austrian ethnologist and social anthropology

*March 12th, 1960, Alberschwende

64

Anne Brécart

Swiss writer

*March 12th, 1960, Zürich

64

Beat Glogger

Swiss journalist

*March 12th, 1960, Zürich

64

Maki Nomiya

Japanese singer, model (1960-)

*March 12th, 1960, Onbetsu

64

Minoru Niihara

Japanese singer

*March 12th, 1960, Osaka

64

P. Allen Smith

TV host, designer, and gardening expert

*March 12th, 1960, Morrison

64

Sadeq Larijani

Iranian cleric and politician

*March 12th, 1960, Najaf

64

Donny Lalonde

Canadian boxer

*March 12th, 1960, Victoria

64

Majda Koren

Children's writer

*March 12th, 1960, Ljubljana

64

Eldine Baptiste

West Indian cricketer

*March 12th, 1960, Liberta

64

Danis Salman

Footballer (born 1960)

*March 12th, 1960, Famagusta

64

Javier Velásquez

Peruvian lawyer and politician

*March 12th, 1960, Eten District

64

Fred Giannelli

Influential post-industrial, acid house producer; independent electronic musician; electronic music producer

*March 12th, 1960, Medford

64

Sello Maake Ka-Ncube

South African actor

*March 12th, 1960, Orlando

64

Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim

German entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1960, Munich

64

Roger Lodge

American TV game show host and sports radio host, actor, radio personality, writer and producer

*March 12th, 1960, Fontana

56

Cheick Fantamady Camara

Guinean film director and screenwriter

*March 12th, 1960, Conakry †January 7th, 2017, 10th arrondissement of Paris

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

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

57

Michael Walter

German luger (1959–2016)

*March 12th, 1959, Pirna †August 6th, 2016

61

Ian Holloway

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*March 12th, 1963, Bristol

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

58

David Daniels

American opera singer

*March 12th, 1966, Spartanburg

41

Lena Frier Kristiansen

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1983, Randers

37

Chen Hsiao-Huan

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1987, Kaohsiung

72

André Comte-Sponville

French philosopher

*March 12th, 1952, Paris

29

Darya Samarchants

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Kharkiv

58

Oliver Grüner

German rower

*March 12th, 1966, Frankfurt

27

Joel Eipe

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1997, Frederiksberg

29

Loh Kean Hean

Singaporean badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Penang

59

Michael H. Buchholz

German author

*March 12th, 1957, Hanover †March 6th, 2017, Hanover

39

Stromae

Belgian singer and producer

*March 12th, 1985, Etterbeek

59

Javier Moreno Sánchez

Spanish politician

*March 12th, 1965, Geneva

22

Kok Jing Hong

Malaysian badminton player

*March 12th, 2002, Kedah

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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