August 12th, 2004

Born on August 12th, 2004

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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, killing 118 people.

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 (aircraft involved pictured) crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, 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 began striking against Cabot Mill in Brunswick, Maine, shutting 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

Same year
Born in 2004

22

Rosita Reijnhout

Dutch cyclist

*April 8th, 2004, Wolphaartsdijk

22

Nienke Veenhoven

Dutch cyclist

*March 20th, 2004, Oostzaan

22

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

22

Kuo Kuan-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 3rd, 2004, Kaohsiung

22

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

22

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

22

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

21

Letizia Roscher

German figure skater

*October 7th, 2004, Chemnitz

21

Liam Kapeikis

American figure skater

*June 28th, 2004, Wenatchee

22

Savika Refa Zahira

Indonesian figure skater

*April 4th, 2004, Jakarta

21

Stephen Gogolev

Canadian figure skater

*December 22nd, 2004, Toronto

22

Charli D'Amelio

American social media personality

*May 1st, 2004, Norwalk

22

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress and model

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

21

Edward Appleby

British figure skater

*December 21st, 2004, Colchester

22

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

21

Noah Schnapp

American actor (born 2004)

*October 3rd, 2004, New York City

22

Amira Willighagen

Dutch-South African singer

*March 27th, 2004, Nijmegen

21

Alejandro Garnacho

Argentine association football player

*July 1st, 2004, Córdoba

22

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Norwegian princess

*January 21st, 2004, Rikshospitalet

22

Jonny Edgar

British racing driver (born 2004)

*February 13th, 2004, Whitehaven

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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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