January 12th, 1964

Born on January 12th, 1964

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 22,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 981 days, exactly on January 1st, 2027, people who were born on January 12th, 1964 will be 23,000 days old!

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What happened on January 12th, 1964?

January 12th, 1964

Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamshid_bin_Abdullah_of_Zanzibar

What else happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

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

Born on January 12th, 1964

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

60

Jimmy John Liautaud

Jimmy John's restaurant founder

*January 12th, 1964, Arlington Heights

60

Valdo Filho

Brazilian association football player

*January 12th, 1964, Siderópolis

60

Blanca Li

Spanish dancer, choreographer, actress, film and teather director

*January 12th, 1964, Granada

60

Laura Arraya

Peruvian tennis player

*January 12th, 1964, Córdoba

60

Kevin Russell

German singer

*January 12th, 1964, Hamburg

60

John Seru

Australian professional wrestler

*January 12th, 1964, Fiji

60

Clare Holman

English actress

*January 12th, 1964, London

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

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

59

Rob Zombie

American rock musician and filmmaker

*January 12th, 1965, Haverhill

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

64

Guido Bontempi

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1960, Gussago

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

68

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and Russian singer and song writer

*January 12th, 1956, Gagarin

53

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

*January 12th, 1971, Sæby

66

Christiane Amanpour

English-Iranian news anchor and international correspondent

*January 12th, 1958, Ealing

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

59

Maybrit Illner

German journalist

*January 12th, 1965, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1964

60

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

60

Li Lingwei

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

60

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

59

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

59

Maxi Mounds

American pornographic actress

*October 25th, 1964, Valley Stream

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

59

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

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Leap year

Yes: 1964 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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