January 12th, 1996

Born on January 12th, 1996

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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, 1996

28

Ai Hashimoto

Japanese model, actress, singer (1996-)

*January 12th, 1996, Kumamoto

28

Ella Henderson

English singer and songwriter

*January 12th, 1996, Tetney

28

Lee Hye-bin

South Korean singer

*January 12th, 1996, Andong

28

Gustavo Benjumea

Colombian footballer

*January 12th, 1996, Cali

28

Gabriel Etinof

French association football player

*January 12th, 1996, Orsay

28

Rin Sumida

Japanese association football player

*January 12th, 1996, Fujisawa

28

Jake Pemberton

American basketball player

*January 12th, 1996, Highlands Ranch

28

Emmanuel González

Uruguayan association football player

*January 12th, 1996, Montevideo

28

Bonzie Colson

American basketball player

*January 12th, 1996, Washington, D.C.

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

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

31

Zayn Malik

English singer

*January 12th, 1993, Bradford

30

Emre Can

German association football player

*January 12th, 1994, Frankfurt

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

35

Lee Tomlin

English association football player (born 1989)

*January 12th, 1989, Leicester

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

29

Maverick Viñales

Spanish motorcycle racer

*January 12th, 1995, Figueres

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

29

Alessio Romagnoli

Italian association football player

*January 12th, 1995, Anzio

45

David Zabriskie

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1979, Salt Lake City

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

33

Pixie Lott

British singer, songwriter, actress

*January 12th, 1991, London

32

Lucas Liss

German cyclist

*January 12th, 1992, Unna

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

28

Zheng Yu

Chinese badminton player

*February 7th, 1996, Shandong

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Public holidays on January 12th

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

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Born on January 12th, 1996
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Leap year

Yes: 1996 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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