August 12th, 1972

Born on August 12th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 1969

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

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, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

August 12th, 1099

First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.

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

Born on August 12th, 1972

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

51

Demir Demirkan

Turkish musician

*August 12th, 1972, Adana

51

Wojciech Wilk

Polish politician

*August 12th, 1972, Kraśnik

51

Paolo Orlandoni

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1972, Bolzano

51

Dimitri Reinderman

Dutch chess player

*August 12th, 1972, Hoorn

51

Del the Funky Homosapien

American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer

*August 12th, 1972, Oakland

51

David Jost

German record producer

*August 12th, 1972, Hamburg

51

Zacarías M. de la Riva

Spanish composer

*August 12th, 1972, Barcelona

51

Marius Florea Vizante

Romanian actor

*August 12th, 1972, Oradea

51

Merikukka Forsius

Finnish politician

*August 12th, 1972, Helsinki

51

Espen Skistad

Norwegian footballer

*August 12th, 1972, Karmøy Municipality

51

Bogdan Pikuta

Polish association football player

*August 12th, 1972, Jaworzno

51

Mark López

Philippine businessman

*August 12th, 1972, Manila

51

Takanohana Kōji

Sumo wrestler

*August 12th, 1972, Suginami-ku

51

Mira Dobreva

Bulgarian television personality

*August 12th, 1972, Zlatograd

51

Paolo Vanoli

Italian footballer

*August 12th, 1972, Varese

51

Guram Mchedlidze

Georgian wrestler

*August 12th, 1972, Ochamchire

51

Sakuntla Devi

Indian politician

*August 12th, 1972, Shahjahanpur

51

Allison Tranquilli

Basketball player

*August 12th, 1972, Melbourne

51

Constantino Acosta Dávila

Mexican politician

*August 12th, 1972, State of Mexico

51

Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy

Israeli sprinter of Russian descent

*August 12th, 1972, Moscow

51

Kati Luoto

Finnish strength athlete

*August 12th, 1972, Helsinki

51

Veselin Shulev

Bulgarian footballer

*August 12th, 1972, Dupnitsa

51

Toshihiro Uchida

Japanese association football player

*August 12th, 1972, Nagasaki Prefecture

51

Mark Kinsella

Irish footballer

*August 12th, 1972, Dublin

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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

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

48

Liu Yong

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1975, Nanjing

46

Sharelle McMahon

Australian netball player

*August 12th, 1977, Bamawm

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Marc Streel

Belgian bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1971, Waremme

48

Casey Affleck

American actor

*August 12th, 1975, Falmouth

53

Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

44

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

53

Anthony Swofford

American writer and former U.S. Marine

*August 12th, 1970, Fairfield

40

Madeleine Sandig

German female road and track cyclist

*August 12th, 1983, Frankfurt

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian-French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

31

Toby Penty

Badminton player

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

53

Kirsten Smith

American screenwriter

*August 12th, 1970, United States of America

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

51

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

51

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

51

Jessica Hynes

English actress and writer

*October 30th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Anika Noni Rose

American actor-singer

*September 6th, 1972, Bloomfield

50

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

51

Danny Alexander

British banker and former Liberal Democrat politician

*May 15th, 1972, Edinburgh

51

Zinedine Zidane

French association football player and manager

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Eminem

American rapper, songwriter and actor

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

51

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech association football player

*August 30th, 1972, Cheb

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

51

Wentworth Miller

British-born American actor

*June 2nd, 1972, Chipping Norton

51

Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter

*August 15th, 1972, Berkeley

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Born on August 12th, 1972
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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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