January 12th, 1978

Born on January 12th, 1978

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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, 1978

46

Kim Sa-rang

South Korean actress and model

*January 12th, 1978, Vieques

46

Tom Flammang

Cyclist

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

46

Jeremy Camp

American singer and songwriter

*January 12th, 1978, Lafayette

46

Hannah Gadsby

Australian comedian

*January 12th, 1978, Smithton

46

Bonaventure Kalou

Ivorian and Dutch footballer

*January 12th, 1978, Oumé

46

Santiago Hirsig

Argentine footballer

*January 12th, 1978, San Isidro

46

Stephen Abas

Wrestler and mixed martial artist

*January 12th, 1978, Santa Ana

46

Maurizio Zaffiri

Italian rugby union player

*January 12th, 1978, L'Aquila

46

Luis Ayala

Baseball player from Mexico

*January 12th, 1978, Los Mochis

46

Hai Qing

Chinese actress

*January 12th, 1978, Gulou District, Nanjing

46

Anne Sewitsky

Norwegian film director

*January 12th, 1978, Oslo

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Who's birthday is on January 12th?

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

45

Johnny de Mol

Dutch actor

*January 12th, 1979, Laren

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

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

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

53

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

*January 12th, 1971, Sæby

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

47

Piolo Pascual

Filipino actor and singer (born 1977)

*January 12th, 1977, Manila

50

Melanie C

British singer

*January 12th, 1974, Whiston

31

Zayn Malik

English singer

*January 12th, 1993, Bradford

35

Lee Tomlin

English association football player (born 1989)

*January 12th, 1989, Leicester

45

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter

Ice hockey player

*January 12th, 1979, Saint Paul

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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