October 12th, 1968

Born on October 12th, 1968

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What happened on October 12th, 1968?

October 12th, 1968

Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

What else happened on October 12th?

October 12th, 1984

The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.

October 12th, 1979

Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.

October 12th, 1960

Japan Socialist Party leader Inejirō Asanuma was assassinated during a live television recording by a man using a samurai sword.

October 12th, 1946

Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.

October 12th, 1933

The United States Department of Justice acquired a military prison on Alcatraz Island, transforming it over the next year into the last-resort Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

October 12th, 1928

The iron lung (example pictured), a type of medical ventilator, was used for the first time, to treat an eight-year-old girl paralyzed by polio.

October 12th, 1917

First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele (pictured), making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day.

October 12th, 1892

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

October 12th, 1799

Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon.

October 12th, 1798

The Peasants' War began in Overmere, Southern Netherlands, with peasants taking up arms against the French occupiers.

October 12th, 1492

Believing he had reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in the Caribbean, sparking a series of events that led to the European colonization of the Americas.

October 12th, 1398

The Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Konrad von Jungingen signed the Treaty of Salynas, the third attempt to cede Samogitia to the Knights.

October 12th, 2013

Part of an apartment building in Colombia collapses, killing 12 and leading to the passage of several building safety laws in Colombia.

October 12th, 1928

An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.

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

Born on October 12th, 1968

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

51

Adam Alsing

Swedish television and radio host (1968-2020)

*October 12th, 1968, Karlstad †April 15th, 2020, Södersjukhuset

55

Paul Harragon

Australian rugby league player

*October 12th, 1968, Kurri Kurri

55

Sophie von Kessel

German actress

*October 12th, 1968, Mexico City

54

Adam Rich

American actor

*October 12th, 1968, Brooklyn †January 7th, 2023, Los Angeles

55

Peter Gentzel

Swedish handball player

*October 12th, 1968, Gothenburg

55

Leon Lett

American football coach

*October 12th, 1968, Mobile

55

Matthew Walker

American film actor and director (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Santa Monica

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

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

57

Brenda Romero

American video game designer and developer

*October 12th, 1966, Ogdensburg

25

Kyohei Yamashita

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1998, Okayama Prefecture

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

46

Bode Miller

American alpine ski racer

*October 12th, 1977, Easton

78

Horst Rudolf Abe

German medical historian (1927-2006)

*October 12th, 1927, Erfurt †February 27th, 2006, Erfurt

42

Brian J. Smith

American actor

*October 12th, 1981, Dallas

63

Dorothee Vieth

German Paralympic cyclist

*October 12th, 1960, Hamburg

45

Baden Cooke

Australian cyclist

*October 12th, 1978, Benalla

42

Shola Ameobi

Nigerian footballer (born 1981)

*October 12th, 1981, Zaria

65

Lutz Haueisen

East German cyclist

*October 12th, 1958, Jena

53

Kirk Cameron

American actor

*October 12th, 1970, Los Angeles

56

Franck Ferrand

French writer, journalist and radio host

*October 12th, 1967, Poitiers

48

Jonathan Crombie

Canadian actor

*October 12th, 1966, Toronto †April 15th, 2015, New York City

68

Rick Parfitt

British rock musician (1948–2016)

*October 12th, 1948, Woking †December 24th, 2016, Marbella

71

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

*October 12th, 1935, Modena †September 6th, 2007, Modena

68

Serge Venturini

French poet

*October 12th, 1955, 6th arrondissement of Paris

56

Susanne Munk Wilbek

Danish handball player

*October 12th, 1967, Hvorslev

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Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

56

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

56

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

56

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

56

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

56

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

56

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 12th

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Born on October 12th, 1968
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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