November 12th, 1972

Born on November 12th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 12th?

November 12th, 2014

The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

November 12th, 2006

Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.

November 12th, 2001

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.

November 12th, 1996

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.

November 12th, 1991

Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.

November 12th, 1973

The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.

November 12th, 1970

The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.

November 12th, 1948

Former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes alongside generals Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutō and Kenji Doihara.

November 12th, 1945

Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

November 12th, 1944

Second World War: The Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz on the ninth attempt (video featured), killing about 1,000 sailors on board.

November 12th, 1942

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.

November 12th, 1940

World War II: Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis powers.

November 12th, 1932

At the request of the Government of Western Australia, the Australian military officially resumed fighting the Great Emu War after their prior withdrawal.

November 12th, 1928

The British ocean liner SS Vestris sank in the western Atlantic Ocean, killing 111 people.

November 12th, 1912

Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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

Born on November 12th, 1972

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

51

Reynaldo Gianecchini

Brazilian actor

*November 12th, 1972, São Paulo

51

Vasilis Tsiartas

Greek footballer

*November 12th, 1972, Alexandreia

51

Jim McGuinness

Irish Gaelic footballer and manager

*November 12th, 1972, Glenties

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

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

53

Tonya Harding

American former sportswoman (born 1970)

*November 12th, 1970, Portland

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Bucuresti

80

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

50

Mayte Garcia

American singer, actor and dancer

*November 12th, 1973, Fort Novosel

50

Radha Mitchell

Australian actress

*November 12th, 1973, Melbourne

38

Yvonne Nelson

Ghanaian model, actress, film producer, author and entrepreneur.

*November 12th, 1985, Accra

62

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguayan footballer

*November 12th, 1961, Montevideo

53

Craig Parker

New Zealand actor

*November 12th, 1970, Suva

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

41

Anne Hathaway

American actress

*November 12th, 1982, New York City

43

Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor

*November 12th, 1980, London

77

Keith Mitchell

Grenadian politician

*November 12th, 1946, Saint George Parish

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

65

Megan Mullally

American actress

*November 12th, 1958, Los Angeles

45

Céline Sciamma

French director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1978, Pontoise

43

Gustaf Skarsgård

Swedish actor

*November 12th, 1980, Maria Magdalena parish

44

Cote de Pablo

Chilean-American actress and singer

*November 12th, 1979, Santiago

78

Neil Young

Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)

*November 12th, 1945, Toronto

45

Alexandra Maria Lara

German actress

*November 12th, 1978, Bucharest

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

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

51

Jennifer Hale

American voice actress

*January 30th, 1972, Happy Valley-Goose Bay

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Born on November 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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