August 12th, 1962

Born on August 12th, 1962

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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, 1962

61

Herman van den Eerenbeemt

Dutch rower

*August 12th, 1962, Amsterdam

61

Urbano Lugo

Venezuelan baseball player

*August 12th, 1962, Paraguaná Peninsula

61

Madhavi

Indian actress

*August 12th, 1962, Hyderabad

61

Shigetatsu Matsunaga

Japanese association football player

*August 12th, 1962, Hamamatsu

61

Tim Farley

Software engineer & skeptic

*August 12th, 1962, New Brunswick

61

David Horovitz

Israeli journalist (born 1962)

*August 12th, 1962, London

61

Shane Guffogg

American artist

*August 12th, 1962, Los Angeles

61

Tereza Campello

Brazilian economist

*August 12th, 1962, Descalvado

61

Luca Olivieri

Italian singer and guitarist

*August 12th, 1962, Verona

61

Niki Rüttimann

Road bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1962, Thal

61

Otilio Castro

Chilean actor

*August 12th, 1962, Santiago

61

Chris Bohjalian

Armenian-American novelist

*August 12th, 1962, White Plains

61

Domenico Messina

Italian football referee

*August 12th, 1962, Cava de' Tirreni

61

Loris Francini

Captain Regent of San Marino

*August 12th, 1962, San Marino

61

Thomas D. Schiano

American transplant surgeon

*August 12th, 1962, Brooklyn

61

Robin Corsiglia

Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist

*August 12th, 1962, Kirkland

61

Nigel Gleghorn

English footballer (born 1962)

*August 12th, 1962, Seaham

61

Jearld Baylis

Player of American and Canadian football

*August 12th, 1962, Jackson

61

Jan Fjetland

Norwegian footballer

*August 12th, 1962, Stavanger Municipality

61

Roy Hardemon

American politician

*August 12th, 1962, Miami

61

Dave Pavlas

German baseball player

*August 12th, 1962, Frankfurt

61

Egil Fjetland

Norwegian footballer

*August 12th, 1962, Stavanger Municipality

61

Ariel López Padilla

Mexican actor

*August 12th, 1962, Guadalajara

61

Natalya Lapitskaya

Russian handball player

*August 12th, 1962, Berdiansk

61

Dean Weber

Computer scientist and entrepreneur

*August 12th, 1962, Buffalo

61

Carlton Saldanha

Indian cricketer

*August 12th, 1962, Mumbai

61

Niji Akanni

Nigerian film director

*August 12th, 1962, Abeokuta

61

Katherine Saltzberg

American actress

*August 12th, 1962, Los Angeles

61

Juan Galeano

Colombian association football player

*August 12th, 1962, Andes

61

Peter Hein

Indian Action Choreographer

*August 12th, 1962, Chennai

53

Miss Cleo

American psychic and fraudster (1962-2016)

*August 12th, 1962, Los Angeles †July 26th, 2016, Palm Beach County

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62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

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

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

62

Rumi Matsui

Japanese set designer and scenographer

*August 12th, 1961, Osaka Prefecture

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

53

Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

59

Txiki Begiristain

Spanish association football player

*August 12th, 1964, Olaberria

48

Casey Affleck

American actor

*August 12th, 1975, Falmouth

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

68

Dietmar Schauerhammer

East German bobsledder

*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

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62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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