August 12th, 1981

Born on August 12th, 1981

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What happened on August 12th, 1981?

August 12th, 1981

The IBM Personal Computer is released.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

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, 1981

42

Djibril Cissé

French association football player

*August 12th, 1981, Arles

42

Emiliano Dudar

Argentine footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Buenos Aires

42

Matt Caldwell

Florida State Representative

*August 12th, 1981, Gainesville

42

Riin Tamm

Estonian geneticist

*August 12th, 1981, Tartu

42

Alexander Kulitz

German a politician

*August 12th, 1981, Tübingen

42

Xu Liang

Chinese footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Shenyang

42

Nabil Baha

Moroccan footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Remiremont

42

Sven Renders

Racing cyclist

*August 12th, 1981, Wilrijk

42

Caylian Curtis

Czech pornographic actress and model

*August 12th, 1981, Prague

42

Takuya Nozawa

Japanese association football player

*August 12th, 1981, Ibaraki Prefecture

42

Tony Capaldi

Footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Porsgrunn

42

Jacek Kowalczyk

Polish footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Katowice

42

Stuart Kellett

English darts player

*August 12th, 1981, England

42

Rob Higgitt

Welsh rugby union player

*August 12th, 1981, St Asaph

42

Mujtaba Sayed Jaafar

Qatari footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Doha

42

Mario Arnaldo Gómez

Honduran footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Tela

42

Gatis Kalniņš

Latvian football player

*August 12th, 1981, Valmiera

42

Mahewish Khan

Cricketer

*August 12th, 1981, Karachi

42

Jolene Campbell

Curler

*August 12th, 1981, Saskatoon

42

Jung Dae-young

South Korean volleyball player

*August 12th, 1981, Cheongju

42

Hieke Zijlstra

Dutch footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Oldehove

42

Nicola Juniper

British cyclist

*August 12th, 1981, Essex

42

Andrea Carè

Italian opera singer

*August 12th, 1981, Turin

42

Curtis Hodgson

Lacrosse player

*August 12th, 1981, Burnaby

42

Aleksandr Dedushkin

Russian basketball player

*August 12th, 1981, Ulyanovsk

42

Ruth O'Reilly

Irish rugby union player

*August 12th, 1981, Tralee

42

Faris Khenniche

Algerian footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Sétif

42

Oliver Đokić

Serbian footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Svilajnac

42

Johan Claesson

Swedish footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Uppsala

42

Steve Talley

American actor

*August 12th, 1981, Indianapolis

42

Wolry Wolfe

Jamaican footballer

*August 12th, 1981, Bodles, Jamaica

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

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

44

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

40

Madeleine Sandig

German female road and track cyclist

*August 12th, 1983, Frankfurt

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

43

Rafael Redwitz

French volleyball player

*August 12th, 1980, Curitiba

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

48

Casey Affleck

American actor

*August 12th, 1975, Falmouth

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

34

Mariana Duque

Colombian tennis player

*August 12th, 1989, Bogotá

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

46

Sharelle McMahon

Australian netball player

*August 12th, 1977, Bamawm

45

Natalie Mendoza

Australian actress and singer

*August 12th, 1978, Hong Kong

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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