August 12th, 2004

Born on August 12th, 2004

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 Belgium.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (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, 2004

20

Mykayla Sohn

American actress

*August 12th, 2004, Virginia

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

29

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

70

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

33

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

63

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

32

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

25

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

24

Niamh Fisher-Black

New Zealand cyclist

*August 12th, 2000, Nelson

34

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

52

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

34

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

30

Bex Taylor-Klaus

American actor

*August 12th, 1994, Atlanta

35

Mariana Duque

Colombian tennis player

*August 12th, 1989, Bogotá

53

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

47

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

55

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

32

Cara Delevingne

English model actress (born 1992)

*August 12th, 1992, Hammersmith

41

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1983, Voor-Drempt

29

Dominik Czaja

Polish rower

*August 12th, 1995, Kraków

45

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

79

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

Same year
Born in 2004

20

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

20

Gayle

American singer and songwriter

*June 10th, 2004, Dallas

20

Wejdene

French R&B singer

*April 23rd, 2004, Saint-Denis

20

Justin Hoh

Malaysian badminton player

*April 1st, 2004, Kuala Lumpur

20

Siti Nurshuhaini

Malaysian badminton player

*September 1st, 2004, Rawang

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

20

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu

20

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

20

Nethania Irawan

Badminton player

*February 4th, 2004, Surabaya

20

Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 26th, 2004, Jayapura

20

Putra Erwiansyah

Badminton player

*February 15th, 2004, Makassar

20

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

20

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

20

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

19

Lequincio Zeefuik

Dutch association football player

*November 26th, 2004, Amsterdam

20

Kaitlyn Maher

American actress

*January 10th, 2004, Novi

20

Linus Gechter

German association football player

*February 27th, 2004, Berlin

20

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress and model

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

20

Mana Ashida

Japanese actress and singer

*June 23rd, 2004, Nishinomiya

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Born on August 12th, 2004
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Leap year

Yes: 2004 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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