August 12th, 1969

Born on August 12th, 1969

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What happened on August 12th, 1969?

August 12th, 1969

Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprentice_Boys_of_Derry

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on August 12th, 1969

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

54

Wu Li-hua

Taiwanese politician

*August 12th, 1969, Kaohsiung County

54

Jukka Rasila

Finnish actor

*August 12th, 1969, Oulu

54

Francisco Cuenca

Spanish politician

*August 12th, 1969, Granada

54

Stuart Williams

West Indian cricketer

*August 12th, 1969, Nevis

54

Lucho Cáceres Andrade

Peruvian actor

*August 12th, 1969, Lima Department

54

Aga Muhlach

Filipino actor

*August 12th, 1969, Manila

54

Scott Simms

Canadian politician

*August 12th, 1969, Bishop's Falls

54

Albert Castiglia

Musical artist

*August 12th, 1969, New York City

54

Minoru Kihara

Japanese politician

*August 12th, 1969, Kumamoto

54

Claus Vogt

German football chairman

*August 12th, 1969, Nürtingen

54

Keith Stroud

English football referee

*August 12th, 1969, Bournemouth

54

Julio César Borboa

Mexican boxer

*August 12th, 1969, Heroica Guaymas

54

John Kastner

Canadian musician

*August 12th, 1969, Beaconsfield

54

Rickard Sjöberg

Swedish television presenter and journalist

*August 12th, 1969, Södertälje

54

Gabriela Mosca

Argentine tennis player

*August 12th, 1969, San Francisco

54

Lincoln Coleman

American football player

*August 12th, 1969, Dallas

54

Sardar Sarfaraz Chakar Domki

Politician in Pakistan

*August 12th, 1969, Lehri District

54

Brendan Matthias

Canadian athlete

*August 12th, 1969, Toronto

54

Angelline Osegge

Ugandan politician

*August 12th, 1969, Soroti

54

Martin Šetlík

Czech handball player

*August 12th, 1969, Plzeň

54

Prince Po

American rapper

*August 12th, 1969, Queens

54

Hélio Sousa

Portuguese football player/manager

*August 12th, 1969, Setúbal

54

Bryan Traynor

Neuroscientist

*August 12th, 1969, Dublin

54

Alfredo Rodríguez Dávila

Mexican politician

*August 12th, 1969, Monterrey

54

Petar Penchev

Bulgarian footballer

*August 12th, 1969, Plovdiv

54

Francisco Ortiz Rivas

Spanish association football player

*August 12th, 1969, Granada

54

José Enrique Reina Lizárraga

Mexican politician

*August 12th, 1969, San Luis Río Colorado

54

Israel Jaitovich

Mexican actor

*August 12th, 1969, Mexico City

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

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

53

Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

48

Casey Affleck

American actor

*August 12th, 1975, Falmouth

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

52

Marc Streel

Belgian bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1971, Waremme

44

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris

40

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1983, Voor-Drempt

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

Same year
Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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