August 12th, 1976

Born on August 12th, 1976

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What happened on August 12th, 1976?

August 12th, 1976

Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.

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What else 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, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

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

Born on August 12th, 1976

47

Antoine Walker

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1976, Chicago

47

Lina Rafn

Danish singer

*August 12th, 1976, Copenhagen

47

Steve Stadelman

American politician

*August 12th, 1976, Madison

47

Greg Marcks

American film director

*August 12th, 1976, Concord

47

Matt Oberg

American actor (born 1976)

*August 12th, 1976, Larchmont

47

Zsolt Dvéri

Hungarian football player

*August 12th, 1976, Székesfehérvár

47

Brad Lukowich

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 12th, 1976, Cranbrook

47

Bartosz Cichocki

Polish political scientist and historian

*August 12th, 1976, Warsaw

47

Lew Ford

American baseball player

*August 12th, 1976, Beaumont

47

Shahriar Manzoor

Bangladeshi Problem-setter & Teacher

*August 12th, 1976, Chittagong

47

Manolo Jiménez

Andorran footballer

*August 12th, 1976, Andorra la Vella

47

Wednesday 13

American musician

*August 12th, 1976, Charlotte

47

Linde Lindström

Finnish rock musician

*August 12th, 1976, Klaukkala

47

Søren Rasmussen

Danish handball player

*August 12th, 1976, Skive

47

Henry Tuilagi

Samoan rugby league and rugby union footballer

*August 12th, 1976, Samoa

47

Karen Stollznow

Australian-American writer, linguist, skeptic

*August 12th, 1976, Australia

47

Paweł Kuczyński

Polish painter and a singer

*August 12th, 1976, Szczecin

47

Niall Gilligan

Irish hurler

*August 12th, 1976, Sixmilebridge

47

Kurt Niederstätter

Italian snowboarder

*August 12th, 1976, Brixen

47

Ademar da Silva Braga Júnior

Brazilian association football player

*August 12th, 1976, Rio de Janeiro

47

Andy Manar

American politician

*August 12th, 1976, Bunker Hill

47

Monty Taylor

American computer programmer

*August 12th, 1976, Atlanta

47

Khalid Ahmed Mohamed

Bahraini sport shooter

*August 12th, 1976, Manama

47

Jorge Simão

Portuguese association football player

*August 12th, 1976, Pampilhosa da Serra

47

Christos Gikas

Olympic wrestler

*August 12th, 1976, Gjirokastër

47

Ismael Villegas

Puerto Rican baseball player

*August 12th, 1976, Río Piedras

47

Gloriana Pellissier

French- Italian ski mountaineer and mountain runner

*August 12th, 1976, Aosta

47

Princeton Owusu-Ansah

Ghanaian footballer

*August 12th, 1976, Ghana

47

Yoichi Kato

Japanese volleyball player

*August 12th, 1976, Ōita

47

Richard McCourt

British television presenter

*August 12th, 1976, Sheffield

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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

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

48

Casey Affleck

American actor

*August 12th, 1975, Falmouth

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

48

Liu Yong

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1975, Nanjing

44

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

40

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1983, Voor-Drempt

53

Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

46

Iva Majoli

Croatian tennis player

*August 12th, 1977, Zagreb

45

Natalie Mendoza

Australian actress and singer

*August 12th, 1978, Hong Kong

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

40

Madeleine Sandig

German female road and track cyclist

*August 12th, 1983, Frankfurt

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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

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

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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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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