January 12th, 1976

Born on January 12th, 1976

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What happened on January 12th, 1976?

January 12th, 1976

The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council

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, 1976

48

Moon Jeong-hui

South Korean actress

*January 12th, 1976, South Korea

48

Petra Gössi

Swiss politician

*January 12th, 1976, Lucerne

48

María José

Mexican singer and actress (1976-)

*January 12th, 1976, Mexico City

48

Dragan Isailović

Footballer

*January 12th, 1976, Belgrade

48

Delfynn Delage

French pornographic actress

*January 12th, 1976, Fourmies

48

Miki Nakatani

Japanese actress and singer (1976-)

*January 12th, 1976, Tokyo

48

Katia Follesa

Italian comedian and television presenter

*January 12th, 1976, Giussano

48

Mahesh Kale

Indian Classical vocalist

*January 12th, 1976, Pune

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

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

50

Melanie C

British singer

*January 12th, 1974, Whiston

53

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

*January 12th, 1971, Sæby

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

45

Johnny de Mol

Dutch actor

*January 12th, 1979, Laren

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

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

49

Alexander Bonde

German politician

*January 12th, 1975, Freiburg im Breisgau

46

Kim Sa-rang

South Korean actress and model

*January 12th, 1978, Vieques

31

Zayn Malik

English singer

*January 12th, 1993, Bradford

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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