October 12th, 1975

Born on October 12th, 1975

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What 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

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong.

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, 1928

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

October 12th, 1918

A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.

October 12th, 1917

World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.

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

Born on October 12th, 1975

48

Marion Jones

American athlete

*October 12th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Randy Robitaille

Canadian ice hockey player

*October 12th, 1975, Ottawa

48

Jorane

Canadian musician

*October 12th, 1975, Charlesbourg

48

Susana Félix

Portuguese actor and singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1975, Torres Vedras

48

Vera Viel

Brazilian model and presenter

*October 12th, 1975, Vinhedo

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

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

46

Bode Miller

American alpine ski racer

*October 12th, 1977, Easton

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

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

45

Baden Cooke

Australian cyclist

*October 12th, 1978, Benalla

42

Brian J. Smith

American actor

*October 12th, 1981, Dallas

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

42

Shola Ameobi

Nigerian footballer (born 1981)

*October 12th, 1981, Zaria

47

Raúl Guerrón

Ecuadorian footballer

*October 12th, 1976, Atuntaqui

57

Brenda Romero

American video game designer and developer

*October 12th, 1966, Ogdensburg

45

Georg Hettich

German Nordic combined skier

*October 12th, 1978, Furtwangen im Schwarzwald

78

Horst Rudolf Abe

German medical historian (1927-2006)

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

41

Lara Trump

American television producer and campaign adviser

*October 12th, 1982, Wilmington

37

Michael Woods

Canadian road cyclist

*October 12th, 1986, East York

49

Ebru Gündeş

Turkish singer and actor

*October 12th, 1974, Istanbul

63

Dorothee Vieth

German Paralympic cyclist

*October 12th, 1960, Hamburg

65

Lutz Haueisen

East German cyclist

*October 12th, 1958, Jena

71

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor

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

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances) which are celebrated on October 12th.

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Born on October 12th, 1975
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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