January 12th, 1977

Born on January 12th, 1977

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 736 days, exactly on April 25th, 2026, people who were born on January 12th, 1977 will be 18,000 days old!

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What 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.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

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

Born on January 12th, 1977

47

Piolo Pascual

Filipino actor and singer (born 1977)

*January 12th, 1977, Manila

47

Dominic Auger

German ice hockey player

*January 12th, 1977, Montmagny

47

Cade McNown

All-American college football player, professional football player, quarterback

*January 12th, 1977, Portland

47

DJ Paul

American record producer, rapper and DJ

*January 12th, 1977, Memphis

47

Tom Sietas

German free-diver

*January 12th, 1977, Hamburg

47

Olli Banjo

German rapper

*January 12th, 1977, Heidelberg

47

Freddy García

Guatemalan footballer

*January 12th, 1977, Puerto Barrios

47

Marijo Marić

Croatian footballer

*January 12th, 1977, Heilbronn

45

Yoandy Garlobo

Cuban baseball player

*January 12th, 1977, Matanzas Province †November 30th, 2022

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

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

45

Johnny de Mol

Dutch actor

*January 12th, 1979, Laren

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

46

Kim Sa-rang

South Korean actress and model

*January 12th, 1978, Vieques

53

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

*January 12th, 1971, Sæby

46

Tom Flammang

Cyclist

*January 12th, 1978, Esch-sur-Alzette

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

50

Melanie C

British singer

*January 12th, 1974, Whiston

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

46

Jeremy Camp

American singer and songwriter

*January 12th, 1978, Lafayette

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Born in 1977

46

Zhang Jun

Chinese badminton player

*November 26th, 1977, Suzhou

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

46

Carsten Linnemann

German economist, politician

*August 10th, 1977, Paderborn

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

46

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

46

Anthony Clark

English badminton player

*November 1st, 1977, Derby

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No: With 365 days 1977 is a normal year and no leap year.

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