August 12th, 2000

Born on August 12th, 2000

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What happened on August 12th, 2000?

August 12th, 2000

The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Navy

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_(K-141)

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, 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, 2000

23

Niamh Fisher-Black

New Zealand cyclist

*August 12th, 2000, Nelson

23

Cristian Núñez

Paraguayan association football player

*August 12th, 2000, Itapé

23

Vincenzo Millico

Italian footballer

*August 12th, 2000, Turin

23

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Denmark

Member of the former Greek royal family

*August 12th, 2000, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

23

Rodrigo Vidal

Uruguayan footballer

*August 12th, 2000, Montevideo

23

Salshabilla Adriani

Indonesian actress and singer

*August 12th, 2000, Jakarta

23

Jáderson

Football player

*August 12th, 2000, Porto Alegre

23

Jhonny Lucas

Association football player

*August 12th, 2000, Curitiba

23

Teriya Magar

Nepalese dancer

*August 12th, 2000, Rupandehi District

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

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

29

Bex Taylor-Klaus

American actor

*August 12th, 1994, Atlanta

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

34

Mariana Duque

Colombian tennis player

*August 12th, 1989, Bogotá

31

Cara Delevingne

English model actress (born 1992)

*August 12th, 1992, Hammersmith

28

Dominik Czaja

Polish rower

*August 12th, 1995, Kraków

22

Dixie D'Amelio

American social media personality (born 2001)

*August 12th, 2001, Norwalk

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

40

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1983, Voor-Drempt

44

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

25

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Greek tennis player

*August 12th, 1998, Athens

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Born in 2000

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

23

Elena Wassen

German diver

*November 1st, 2000, Eschweiler

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

23

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

23

Cameron Kasky

American activist against gun violence

*November 11th, 2000, Hollywood

23

Mischa Bredewold

Dutch cyclist

*June 20th, 2000, Amersfoort

23

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer-songwriter

*December 22nd, 2000, Oceanside

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

23

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

23

24kGoldn

American rapper and singer

*November 13th, 2000, San Francisco

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

23

Halla Bouksani

Badminton player

*July 30th, 2000, Kouba

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

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Yes: 2000 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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