August 12th, 2023

Born on August 12th, 2023

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

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

70

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

29

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

63

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

33

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

32

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

52

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

25

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

34

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

47

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

34

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

53

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

55

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

35

Mariana Duque

Colombian tennis player

*August 12th, 1989, Bogotá

30

Bex Taylor-Klaus

American actor

*August 12th, 1994, Atlanta

79

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

41

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1983, Voor-Drempt

45

Cindy Klassen

Canadian speed skater

*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

53

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

49

Casey Affleck

American actor

*August 12th, 1975, Falmouth

94

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

32

Cara Delevingne

English model actress (born 1992)

*August 12th, 1992, Hammersmith

83

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

54

Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

41

Madeleine Sandig

German female road and track cyclist

*August 12th, 1983, Frankfurt

35

Charlène Guignard

French-Italian ice dancer

*August 12th, 1989, Brest

29

Dominik Czaja

Polish rower

*August 12th, 1995, Kraków

78

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

36

Tejay van Garderen

American Racing cyclist

*August 12th, 1988, Tacoma

35

Kirstene Hair

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

*August 12th, 1989, Brechin

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

33

Moreno De Pauw

Cyclist

*August 12th, 1991, Sint-Niklaas

38

Lionel Rumi

Figure skater

*August 12th, 1986, Lyon

43

Djibril Cissé

French association football player

*August 12th, 1981, Arles

31

Ewa Farna

Polish-Czech singer

*August 12th, 1993, Třinec

47

Sharelle McMahon

Australian netball player

*August 12th, 1977, Bamawm

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Murcia †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris

49

Liu Yong

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1975, Nanjing

69

Dietmar Schauerhammer

East German bobsledder

*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

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