August 12th, 1988

Born on August 12th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

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

Born on August 12th, 1988

35

Tejay van Garderen

American Racing cyclist

*August 12th, 1988, Tacoma

35

Tyson Fury

British boxer (born 1988)

*August 12th, 1988, Manchester

35

Frederic Löhe

German football goalkeeper

*August 12th, 1988, Engelskirchen

35

Mark Arcobello

American ice hockey player

*August 12th, 1988, Milford

35

Stefan Welch

Australian baseball player

*August 12th, 1988, Alice Springs

35

Radoslav Dimitrov

Bulgarian footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Lovech

35

José Tábata

Venezuelan baseball player

*August 12th, 1988, Anzoátegui

35

Justin Gaston

American actor, model, and singer

*August 12th, 1988, Pineville

35

Matt Gillett

Australian rugby league footballer

*August 12th, 1988, New South Wales

35

Ashley Cordelia

American actress and musician

*August 12th, 1988, Orange County

35

Kristofer Berglund

Swedish ice hockey player

*August 12th, 1988, Umeå

35

Sackie Teah Doe

Indonesian footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Monrovia

35

Oliver Atkins

Australian rugby union player

*August 12th, 1988, Hobart

35

Nikita Kolesnikov

Russian footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Saint Petersburg

35

Mauro Alonso

Brazilian footballer

*August 12th, 1988, São Carlos

35

Matt Veldman

American football player

*August 12th, 1988, Becker

35

Hernán Hechalar

Argentinian association football player

*August 12th, 1988, Córdoba

35

Jhan Mariñez

Dominican Republic baseball player

*August 12th, 1988, Santo Domingo

35

Vít Beneš

Czech Supercup winner and soccer player

*August 12th, 1988, Ústí nad Labem

35

Abdessamad Ouhakki

Footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Casablanca

35

Lazarus Kaimbi

Namibian footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Windhoek

35

Michael Binns

Jamaican footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Clarendon Parish

35

Frederik Børm

Danish handball player

*August 12th, 1988, Randers

35

Chriss Rune Olsen Angvik

Musician

*August 12th, 1988, Molde Municipality

35

Francisco Ladogana

Argentinian association football player

*August 12th, 1988, La Plata

35

Suliasi Taufalele

New Zealand rugby union player

*August 12th, 1988, Tokoroa

35

Nikola Kedžo

Croatian handball player

*August 12th, 1988, Split

35

Derek Moye

American football player

*August 12th, 1988, Rochester

35

Erick Arc Elliott

American rapper and music producer

*August 12th, 1988, Brooklyn

35

Miguel Ángel Torrén

Argentine footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Villa Constitución

35

Rami Gershon

Israeli footballer

*August 12th, 1988, Rishon LeZion

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

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

34

Mariana Duque

Colombian tennis player

*August 12th, 1989, Bogotá

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

34

Charlène Guignard

French-Italian ice dancer

*August 12th, 1989, Brest

34

Kirstene Hair

British politician, Conservative Party MP for Angus, elected June 2017

*August 12th, 1989, Brechin

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

40

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1983, Voor-Drempt

34

Tom Cleverley

English association football player (born 1989)

*August 12th, 1989, Basingstoke

31

Cara Delevingne

English model actress (born 1992)

*August 12th, 1992, Hammersmith

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

37

Lionel Rumi

Figure skater

*August 12th, 1986, Lyon

29

Bex Taylor-Klaus

American actor

*August 12th, 1994, Atlanta

40

Madeleine Sandig

German female road and track cyclist

*August 12th, 1983, Frankfurt

44

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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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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