May 12th, 1988

Born on May 12th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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 Austrian forces drove French troops from the territory.

May 12th, 2024

Middle/End of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.

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

Born on May 12th, 1988

36

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

36

Marcelo Vieira

Brazilian association football player

*May 12th, 1988, Rio de Janeiro

36

Aja Evans

American bobsledder

*May 12th, 1988, Chicago

36

Babett Peter

German footballer

*May 12th, 1988, Oschatz

36

Judit Bárdos

Slovak actress

*May 12th, 1988, Bratislava

36

Shima Katouzian

Entrepreneur

*May 12th, 1988, Tehran

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

32

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

44

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

29

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

37

Darren Randolph

Irish association football player

*May 12th, 1987, Bray

41

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

19

Alwi Farhan

Indonesian badminton player

*May 12th, 2005, Surakarta

35

Cyprien Iov

French comedian and YouTuber (born 1989)

*May 12th, 1989, Nice

59

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

34

Florent Amodio

French figure skater

*May 12th, 1990, Sobral

32

Tommy Dorfman

American actress

*May 12th, 1992, Atlanta

43

Rami Malek

American actor

*May 12th, 1981, Los Angeles

56

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

33

Joe Dombrowski

American road cyclist

*May 12th, 1991, Marshall

37

Robbie Rogers

American soccer player

*May 12th, 1987, Rancho Palos Verdes

40

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

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

38

Emily VanCamp

Canadian actress

*May 12th, 1986, Port Perry

74

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

33

Martyna Radosz

Polish rower

*May 12th, 1991, Bydgoszcz

37

Lance Lynn

American baseball player

*May 12th, 1987, Indianapolis

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

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

Same year
Born in 1988

36

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

36

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

36

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

36

Merve Özbey

Turkish singer

*July 18th, 1988, Istanbul

36

Fynn Kliemann

German influencer

*May 1st, 1988, Zeven

36

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

36

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

36

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

36

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 12th.

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Born on May 12th, 1988
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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