April 12th, 1979

Born on April 12th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 551 days, exactly on October 27th, 2025, people who were born on April 12th, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

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

Born on April 12th, 1979

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

45

Lee Soo-young

South Korean singer

*April 12th, 1979, Seoul

45

Mateja Kežman

Serbian association football player

*April 12th, 1979, Zemun

45

Mika Lehto

Finnish ice hockey goaltender

*April 12th, 1979, Vammala

45

Paul Nicholls

British actor

*April 12th, 1979, Bolton

45

Sergio Pellissier

Italian association football player

*April 12th, 1979, Aosta

45

Cristian Ranalli

Italian footballer

*April 12th, 1979, Rome

45

elena Grosheva

Gymnast

*April 12th, 1979, Yaroslavl

42

Oliver Loftéen

Swedish actor (1979-2021)

*April 12th, 1979, Stockholm †August 30th, 2021

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

24

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

30

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

46

Robin Walker

British politician

*April 12th, 1978, West Midlands

43

Tulsi Gabbard

United States Representative from Hawaii from 2013 to 2021

*April 12th, 1981, Leloaloa

41

Matthias Büttner

German politician (born 1983)

*April 12th, 1983, Staßfurt

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

51

Amr Waked

Egyptian actor

*April 12th, 1973, Sharqia Governorate

46

Luca Argentero

Italian actor

*April 12th, 1978, Turin

50

Elena Bonetti

Italian politician

*April 12th, 1974, Asola

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

36

Yannick Sagbo

Ivorian and French footballer

*April 12th, 1988, Marseille

44

Brian McFadden

Irish singer

*April 12th, 1980, Dublin

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

51

Christian Panucci

Italian footballer

*April 12th, 1973, Savona

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on April 12th, 1979
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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