January 12th, 1987

Born on January 12th, 1987

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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, 1987

37

Jamie Vardy

English association football player (born 1987)

*January 12th, 1987, Sheffield

33

Naya Rivera

American actress and singer (1987–2020)

*January 12th, 1987, Valencia †July 8th, 2020, Lake Piru

37

Salvatore Sirigu

Italian association football player

*January 12th, 1987, Nuoro

37

Nathan Doyle

British footballer (born 1987)

*January 12th, 1987, Derby

37

Curricé

Spanish singer and YouTuber

*January 12th, 1987, Madrid

37

Kris Sparre

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 12th, 1987, Mississauga

37

Iván Nova

Dominican professional baseball player

*January 12th, 1987, San Cristóbal

37

Edoardo Mortara

Racecar driver

*January 12th, 1987, Geneva

37

Maarija Mikiver

Estonian footballer

*January 12th, 1987, Tallinn

37

Mykhaylo Krivchikov

Ukrainian handball player

*January 12th, 1987, Zaporizhzhia

37

Nikita Khartchenkov

German basketball player

*January 12th, 1987, Saint Petersburg

37

Kirati Keawsombat

Thai footballer

*January 12th, 1987, Nan

37

Johannes Huber

German politician

*January 12th, 1987, Moosburg an der Isar

37

Will Rothhaar

American actor

*January 12th, 1987, New York City

37

Deena Nicole Cortese

American reality television personality

*January 12th, 1987, New Egypt

37

Ricky Harun

Indonesian actor

*January 12th, 1987, Bandung City

37

Andi Muise

Canadian model

*January 12th, 1987, North Bay

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38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

35

Lee Tomlin

English association football player (born 1989)

*January 12th, 1989, Leicester

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

31

Zayn Malik

English singer

*January 12th, 1993, Bradford

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

36

Claude Giroux

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 12th, 1988, Hearst

33

Pixie Lott

British singer, songwriter, actress

*January 12th, 1991, London

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

39

Issa Rae

American actress and writer

*January 12th, 1985, Los Angeles

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

38

Kieron Richardson

English actor

*January 12th, 1986, Eccles

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Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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