September 12th, 1962

Born on September 12th, 1962

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What happened on September 12th, 1962?

September 12th, 1962

President John F. Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

September 12th, 1962

In a speech at Rice Stadium in Houston, U.S. president John F. Kennedy reiterated an aspiration to land a man on the Moon before 1970.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon

What else happened on September 12th?

September 12th, 2008

A Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train in Los Angeles, California, resulting in 25 deaths and 135 injuries; the Metrolink driver had passed through a red signal, having likely been distracted by text messaging.

September 12th, 2003

Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.

September 12th, 1995

Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.

September 12th, 1992

Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.

September 12th, 1983

The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.

September 12th, 1977

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died after being beaten in police custody in Port Elizabeth.

September 12th, 1952

Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.

September 12th, 1948

The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War.

September 12th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Edson's Ridge in an effort to retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from the Allies.

September 12th, 1933

Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London.

September 12th, 1928

The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe; eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths overall.

September 12th, 1910

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand", was first performed in Munich (1916 performers pictured).

September 12th, 1846

The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) eloped to Italy, marrying in secret to avoid their disapproving families.

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

Born on September 12th, 1962

61

Dino Merlin

Bosnian singer

*September 12th, 1962, Sarajevo

61

Sunay Akın

Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist

*September 12th, 1962, Maçka

61

Lisa Simone

American actress and singer

*September 12th, 1962, Mount Vernon

61

Amy Yasbeck

American actress (1962-)

*September 12th, 1962, Blue Ash

61

Philippe Cassard

French pianist

*September 12th, 1962, Besançon

61

Juan Atkins

American musician and techno music developer

*September 12th, 1962, Detroit

61

Mary Kay Adams

American actress

*September 12th, 1962, Middletown Township

61

Michel Qissi

Moroccan-Belgian actor

*September 12th, 1962, Oujda

55

Pascale Pellegrin

French actress (1962-2018)

*September 12th, 1962, 13th arrondissement of Paris †February 8th, 2018, Toulon

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

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

62

Mylène Farmer

French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

*September 12th, 1961, Pierrefonds

66

Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

56

Mirko Slomka

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1967, Hildesheim

60

Michael McElhatton

Irish actor and writer

*September 12th, 1963, Dublin

40

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

*September 12th, 1973, Glendale †November 30th, 2013, Valencia

56

Louis C.K.

American comedian and actor

*September 12th, 1967, Washington, D.C.

36

Julia Wong Pei Xian

Badminton player

*September 12th, 1987, Malacca

55

Amala Akkineni

Indian actress

*September 12th, 1968, Kolkata

37

Emmy Rossum

American actress and singer

*September 12th, 1986, New York City

64

Sigmar Gabriel

German politician (SPD)

*September 12th, 1959, Goslar

58

Vernon Maxwell

American basketball player, shooting guard

*September 12th, 1965, Gainesville

88

Ian Holm

British actor (1931–2020)

*September 12th, 1931, Goodmayes †June 19th, 2020, London

55

Paul F. Tompkins

American actor

*September 12th, 1968, Mount Airy

83

Joachim Frank

German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

*September 12th, 1940, Siegen

65

Gregg Edelman

American actor

*September 12th, 1958, Chicago

85

Anne Helm

American actress and author, born 1938

*September 12th, 1938, Toronto

42

Jennifer Hudson

American singer–songwriter, actress, spokesperson

*September 12th, 1981, Chicago

84

Stanisław Lem

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist (1921-2006), studied medical doctor

*September 12th, 1921, Lviv †March 27th, 2006, Kraków

59

Greg Gutfeld

American pundit (1964-)

*September 12th, 1964, San Mateo

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Born in 1962

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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