May 12th, 1978

Born on May 12th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 12th, 1978?

May 12th, 1978

In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire

What else happened on May 12th?

May 12th, 2008

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

May 12th, 1998

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

May 12th, 1975

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

May 12th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

May 12th, 1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

May 12th, 1948

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

May 12th, 1941

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

May 12th, 1938

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

May 12th, 1932

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

May 12th, 1888

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

May 12th, 1881

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

May 12th, 1863

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

May 12th, 1846

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

May 12th, 1743

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

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

Born on May 12th, 1978

45

Malin Åkerman

Swedish-American actress (born 1978)

*May 12th, 1978, Stockholm

45

Jason Biggs

American actor

*May 12th, 1978, Pequannock Township

45

Alex Ebert

American singer

*May 12th, 1978, Los Angeles

45

Aaron Abrams

Actor

*May 12th, 1978, Toronto

45

Sied van Riel

Dutch DJ

*May 12th, 1978, Spijkenisse

45

Hossein Rezazadeh

Iranian weightlifter

*May 12th, 1978, Ardabil

45

Wilfred Le Bouthillier

Acadian pop singer

*May 12th, 1978, Tracadie–Sheila

45

Amy Sloan

Canadian actress

*May 12th, 1978, Gladstone

45

Mariene de Castro

Brazilian singer

*May 12th, 1978, Salvador

45

Melissa Karim

Indonesian actress

*May 12th, 1978, Jakarta

45

Amy Wheaton

American film actress

*May 12th, 1978, Pasadena

45

Kristoffer Hünecke

German singer

*May 12th, 1978, Hamburg

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Who's birthday is on May 12th?

43

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

35

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

31

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

28

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

40

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

40

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

*May 12th, 1975, Auckland †November 18th, 2015, Auckland

58

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

44

Joaquim Rodríguez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*May 12th, 1979, Barcelona

42

Rami Malek

American actor

*May 12th, 1981, Los Angeles

55

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

44

Mauricio Ardila

Road bicycle racer

*May 12th, 1979, Medellín

44

Steve Smith Sr.

American football player (born 1979)

*May 12th, 1979, Compton

36

Darren Randolph

Irish association football player

*May 12th, 1987, Bray

61

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

73

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

42

Peggy Sastre

French journalist

*May 12th, 1981, Senlis

53

Lisa Brescia

American actress

*May 12th, 1970, Sioux Falls

75

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

46

Mareile Höppner

German television presenter and journalist

*May 12th, 1977, Hamburg

Same year
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

46

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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