January 12th, 1970

Born on January 12th, 1970

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What happened on January 12th, 1970?

January 12th, 1970

Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.

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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, 1964

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

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, 1970

54

Raekwon

American rapper

*January 12th, 1970, Brooklyn

54

Zack de la Rocha

American musician

*January 12th, 1970, Long Beach

54

Janina Kugel

Member of the Managing Board - Siemens AG

*January 12th, 1970, Stuttgart

54

Mig Ayesa

Australian vocalist

*January 12th, 1970, Manila

54

Nigel Wilson

Canadian baseball player

*January 12th, 1970, Oshawa

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Who's birthday is on January 12th?

53

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

*January 12th, 1971, Sæby

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

55

David Mitchell

English novelist

*January 12th, 1969, Ainsdale

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

68

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and Russian singer and song writer

*January 12th, 1956, Gagarin

50

Melanie C

British singer

*January 12th, 1974, Whiston

64

Guido Bontempi

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1960, Gussago

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

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

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Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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