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April 12 is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 263 days remain until the end of the year.

Every day is special, and April 12 is no exception! Throughout history, many important things have happened on this date, from ancient empires to space travel and major world events. Let's explore some of the exciting moments and famous people connected to April 12th.

Historic Events on April 12
Famous People Born on April 12
Notable People Who Passed Away on April 12
Holidays and Observances
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Historic Events on April 12

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

240 – Shapur I became a co-ruler of the Sasanian Empire alongside his father, Ardashir I.
467 – Anthemius was chosen to be the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
627 – King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian, thanks to Paulinus, a bishop from York.
1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia removed his brother Jaromír from power and blinded him. Jaromír then fled to Poland.
1204 – During the Fourth Crusade, soldiers broke through the walls of Constantinople. They took over the city completely the next day.

From the 1600s to the 1900s

1606 – The Union Flag was chosen as the flag for ships from England and Scotland.
1776 – During the American Revolution, the North Carolina Provincial Congress decided to let its representatives vote for independence from Britain. This was known as the Halifax Resolves.
1807 – A rebellion called the Froberg mutiny on Malta ended when the remaining rebels blew up a gunpowder storage at Fort Ricasoli.
1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis was named the leader of Filiki Eteria. This was a secret group working to free Greece from the Ottoman rule.
1831 – A bridge in Manchester, England, called the Broughton Suspension Bridge, collapsed when soldiers marched across it.
1861 – The American Civil War officially began with the Battle of Fort Sumter. Forces from the Confederate side fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
1862 – Another event in the American Civil War was the Andrews Raid, also known as the Great Locomotive Chase. It started in Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
1864 – During the American Civil War, the Battle of Fort Pillow took place. Confederate forces killed most of the African American soldiers who had surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
1865 – The city of Mobile, Alabama, fell to the Union Army during the American Civil War.
1877 – The United Kingdom took control of the Transvaal region.
1900 – President William McKinley signed the Foraker Act into law. This law gave Puerto Rico limited self-rule.

The 20th and 21st Centuries

1910 – The SMS Zrínyi, one of the last large battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched.
1917 – During World War I, Canadian soldiers successfully captured Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1927 – The Shanghai massacre of 1927 occurred. Chiang Kai-shek ordered members of the Chinese Communist Party to be executed in Shanghai. This ended the First United Front.
1927 – A powerful F5 tornado hit Rocksprings, Texas. It destroyed most of the town's buildings, killed 72 people, and injured 205. It was the third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
1928 – The Bremen, a German airplane, made the first successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west.
1934 – The strongest surface wind gust ever recorded at that time, 231 mph, was measured on Mount Washington, New Hampshire. This record has since been broken.
1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike began. This led to a five-day fight between the Ohio National Guard and about 6,000 strikers.
1937 – Sir Frank Whittle tested the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft. This test happened in Rugby, England.
1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away while in office. Vice President Harry S. Truman became President.
1945 – During World War II, the U.S. Ninth Army crossed the Elbe River near Magdeburg. They reached Tangermünde, which was only 50 miles from Berlin.
1955 – The polio vaccine, created by Dr. Jonas Salk, was announced to be safe and effective.
1961 – In the Space Race, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space. He also completed the first crewed orbital flight in Vostok 1.
1963 – The Soviet nuclear submarine K-33 crashed into a Finnish merchant ship in the Danish straits.
1970 – The Soviet submarine K-8, which carried four nuclear torpedoes, sank in the Bay of Biscay. This happened four days after a fire broke out on board.
1980 – The government of Liberia was violently overthrown.
1980 – Canadian runner Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF.
1981 – The first Space Shuttle launch took place. It was the Columbia on the STS-1 mission.
1983 – Harold Washington was elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
1990 – Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibit opened at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He was the only sculptor ever invited to have a solo exhibition there.
1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opened with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park were later renamed Disneyland Paris.
1999 – United States President Bill Clinton was found to have given "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit. He was later fined and lost his law license.
2009 – Zimbabwe officially stopped using the Zimbabwean dollar as its main currency.
2010 – The Merano derailment was a train accident in South Tyrol. Nine people died and 28 others were injured.
2014 – The Great Fire of Valparaíso severely damaged the Chilean city of Valparaíso. It killed 16 people, forced nearly 10,000 people from their homes, and destroyed over 2,000 houses.

Famous People Born on April 12

Many interesting people were born on April 12th throughout history. Here are some of them:

Born Before the 1600s

811 – Muhammad al-Jawad, an important leader in Shia Islam.
959 – Emperor En'yū, an emperor of Japan.
1116 – Richeza of Poland, who was a queen of Sweden.
1432 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia.
1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, an Italian architect who helped design the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica.
1484 – Maharana Sangram Singh, a powerful ruler from Mewar.
1500 – Joachim Camerarius, a German scholar and translator.
1526 – Muretus, a French philosopher and writer.
1550 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, an English courtier and politician.
1577 – Christian IV of Denmark, a king of Denmark.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

1612 – Simone Cantarini, an Italian painter.
1639 – Martin Lister, an English naturalist and doctor.
1656 – Benoît de Maillet, a French diplomat and natural historian.
1705 – William Cookworthy, an English minister and pharmacist.
1710 – Caffarelli, an Italian actor and singer.
1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, a French historian.
1716 – Felice Giardini, an Italian violinist and composer.
1722 – Pietro Nardini, an Italian violinist and composer.
1724 – Lyman Hall, an American doctor and politician, who was the 16th Governor of Georgia.
1748 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, a French botanist.
1777 – Henry Clay, an American lawyer and politician, who served as the 9th United States Secretary of State.
1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, an English soldier and politician.
1794 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, a Belgian mathematician.
1796 – George N. Briggs, an American lawyer and politician, the 19th Governor of Massachusetts.
1799 – Henri Druey, a Swiss lawyer and politician, the 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation.
1801 – Joseph Lanner, an Austrian composer.
1816 – Charles Gavan Duffy, an Irish-Australian politician, the 8th Premier of Victoria.
1823 – Alexander Ostrovsky, a Russian playwright.
1839 – Nikolay Przhevalsky, a Russian geographer and explorer.
1845 – Gustaf Cederström, a Swedish painter.
1851 – José Gautier Benítez, a Puerto Rican soldier and poet.
1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, an English astronomer.
1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, a German mathematician.
1856 – Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, an English mountaineer and politician.
1863 – Raul Pompeia, a Brazilian writer.
1868 – Akiyama Saneyuki, a Japanese admiral.
1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, a Greek general and politician, the 130th Prime Minister of Greece.
1874 – William B. Bankhead, an American lawyer and politician, the 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
1880 – Addie Joss, an American baseball player.
1883 – Imogen Cunningham, an American photographer.
1883 – Dally Messenger, an Australian rugby player.
1884 – Tenby Davies, a Welsh runner.
1884 – Otto Meyerhof, a German physician and biochemist who won a Nobel Prize.
1885 – Robert Delaunay, a French painter.
1887 – Harold Lockwood, an American actor.
1888 – Dan Ahearn, an Irish-American long jumper.
1888 – Cecil Kimber, an English automobile engineer.
1892 – Henry Darger, an American writer and artist.
1894 – Dorothy Cumming, an Australian-American actress.
1894 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, a Portuguese field marshal and politician, the 13th President of Portugal.
1898 – Lily Pons, a French-American opera singer.

Born After 1900

1901 – Lowell Stockman, an American farmer and politician.
1902 – Louis Beel, a Dutch academic and politician, the 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
1903 – Jan Tinbergen, a Dutch economist who won a Nobel Prize.
1907 – Zawgyi, a Burmese poet and scholar.
1907 – Felix de Weldon, an Austrian-American sculptor who designed the Marine Corps War Memorial.
1908 – Ida Pollock, an English author.
1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., an American pilot and general.
1910 – Gillo Dorfles, an Italian art critic and painter.
1910 – Irma Rapuzzi, a French politician.
1911 – Mahmoud Younis, an Egyptian engineer.
1912 – Frank Dilio, a Canadian businessman.
1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, an Indonesian politician, the 2nd Vice President of Indonesia.
1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, an American blues musician.
1913 – Keiko Fukuda, a Japanese-American martial artist.
1914 – Armen Alchian, an American economist.
1916 – Beverly Cleary, a beloved American author.
1916 – Russell Garcia, an American-New Zealand composer.
1916 – Benjamin Libet, an American neuropsychologist.
1917 – Helen Forrest, an American singer.
1917 – Vinoo Mankad, an Indian cricketer.
1917 – Robert Manzon, a French racing driver.
1919 – István Anhalt, a Hungarian-Canadian composer.
1919 – Billy Vaughn, an American musician and bandleader.
1921 – Robert Cliche, a Canadian lawyer and judge.
1922 – Simon Kapwepwe, a Zambian politician, the 2nd Vice President of Zambia.
1923 – Ann Miller, an American actress and dancer.
1924 – Raymond Barre, a French economist and former Prime Minister of France.
1924 – Peter Safar, an Austrian physician.
1924 – Curtis Turner, an American race car driver.
1925 – Evelyn Berezin, an American computer scientist.
1925 – Ned Miller, an American country music singer.
1925 – Oliver Postgate, an English animator.
1926 – Jane Withers, an American actress.
1927 – Thomas Hemsley, an English opera singer.
1927 – Alvin Sargent, an American screenwriter.
1928 – Hardy Krüger, a German actor.
1928 – Jean-François Paillard, a French conductor.
1929 – Elspet Gray, a Scottish actress.
1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, a Georgian poet.
1930 – John Landy, an Australian runner and politician, the 26th Governor of Victoria.
1930 – Bryan Magee, an English philosopher.
1930 – Manuel Neri, an American sculptor.
1930 – Pythagoras Papastamatiou, a Greek lyricist.
1930 – Michał Życzkowski, a Polish technician.
1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, a Russian poet.
1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician.
1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, a French actor.
1932 – Tiny Tim, an American singer and ukulele player.
1933 – Montserrat Caballé, a Spanish opera singer.
1934 – Heinz Schneiter, a Swiss footballer.
1935 – Jimmy Makulis, a Greek singer.
1936 – Tony Earl, an American politician, the 40th Governor of Wisconsin.
1936 – Charles Napier, an American actor.
1936 – Kennedy Simmonds, a Kittitian politician, the 4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
1937 – Dennis Banks, an American author and activist.
1937 – Igor Volk, a Ukrainian-Russian cosmonaut.
1939 – Alan Ayckbourn, an English playwright.
1939 – Johnny Raper, an Australian rugby league player.
1940 – Woodie Fryman, an American baseball player.
1940 – Herbie Hancock, a famous American jazz pianist and composer.
1941 – Bobby Moore, an English footballer and manager.
1942 – Bill Bryden, a Scottish actor and director.
1942 – Carlos Reutemann, an Argentinian race car driver and politician.
1942 – Jacob Zuma, a South African politician, the 4th President of South Africa.
1943 – Sumitra Mahajan, an Indian politician.
1944 – Lisa Jardine, an English historian.
1944 – John Kay, a German-Canadian singer-songwriter.
1945 – Lee Jong-wook, a South Korean physician and diplomat.
1946 – John Dunsworth, a Canadian actor.
1946 – Ed O'Neill, an American actor, famous for Modern Family and Married... with Children.
1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, a Scottish politician, the 10th Secretary General of NATO.
1947 – Roy M. Anderson, an English epidemiologist.
1947 – Martin Brasier, an English palaeontologist.
1947 – Tom Clancy, an American author, known for his spy novels.
1947 – David Letterman, a popular American comedian and talk show host.
1948 – Jeremy Beadle, an English television host.
1948 – Joschka Fischer, a German politician.
1948 – Christos Iakovou, a Greek weightlifter.
1948 – Marcello Lippi, an Italian footballer and coach.
1949 – Scott Turow, an American lawyer and author.
1950 – Flavio Briatore, an Italian businessman.
1950 – David Cassidy, an American singer and actor.
1950 – Joyce Banda, a Malawian politician, the 4th president of Malawi.
1950 – Nicholas Sackman, an English composer.
1951 – Tom Noonan, an American actor.
1952 – Reuben Gant, an American football player.
1952 – Leicester Rutledge, a New Zealand rugby player.
1952 & Gary Soto, an American poet.
1952 – Ralph Wiley, an American journalist.
1953 – Tanino Liberatore, an Italian illustrator.
1954 – John Faulkner, an Australian politician.
1954 – Steve Stevaert, a Belgian businessman.
1954 – Pat Travers, a Canadian singer-songwriter.
1955 – Fabian Hamilton, an English politician.
1956 – Andy Garcia, a Cuban-American actor and director.
1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, a German singer.
1957 – Greg Child, an Australian mountaineer.
1957 – Vince Gill, an American country music singer.
1957 – Tama Janowitz, an American novelist.
1958 – Will Sergeant, an English guitarist.
1958 – Klaus Tafelmeier, a German javelin thrower.
1958 – Ginka Zagorcheva, a Bulgarian hurdler.
1960 – David Thirdkill, an American basketball player.
1961 – Corrado Fabi, an Italian racing driver.
1961 – Charles Mann, an American football player.
1961 – Magda Szubanski, an English-Australian actress and comedian.
1962 – Art Alexakis, an American singer.
1962 – Carlos Sainz, a Spanish racing driver.
1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, a Japanese mixed martial artist.
1963 – Lydia Cacho, a Mexican journalist.
1964 – Chris Fairclough, an English footballer.
1964 – Amy Ray, an American folk-rock singer.
1965 – Kim Bodnia, a Danish actor.
1965 – Chi Onwurah, an English politician.
1965 – Gervais Rufyikiri, a Burundian politician.
1965 – Mihai Stoica, a Romanian footballer.
1966 – Nils-Olav Johansen, a Norwegian guitarist.
1966 – Lorenzo White, an American football player.
1967 – Sarah Cracknell, an English singer.
1968 – Alicia Coppola, an American actress.
1968 – Toby Gad, a German songwriter.
1968 – Adam Graves, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1969 – Jörn Lenz, a German footballer.
1969 – Lucas Radebe, a South African footballer.
1969 – Michael Jackson, an American football player.
1970 – Sylvain Bouchard, a Canadian speed skater.
1971 – Nicholas Brendon, an American actor.
1971 – Shannen Doherty, an American actress.
1972 – Paul Lo Duca, an American baseball player.
1973 – J. Scott Campbell, an American author and illustrator.
1973 – Ryan Kisor, an American trumpet player.
1973 – Antonio Osuna, a Mexican-American baseball player.
1973 & Christian Panucci, an Italian footballer.
1974 – Belinda Emmett, an Australian actress.
1974 – Bryan Fletcher, an Australian rugby league player.
1974 – Roman Hamrlík, a Czech ice hockey player.
1974 – Marley Shelton, an American actress.
1974 – Sylvinho, a Brazilian footballer.
1976 – Olga Kotlyarova, a Russian runner.
1976 – Brad Miller, an American basketball player.
1977 – Giovanny Espinoza, an Ecuadorian footballer.
1977 – Sarah Monahan, an Australian actress.
1977 – Jason Price, a Welsh footballer.
1977 – Glenn Rogers, an Australian-Scottish cricketer.
1978 – Guy Berryman, the bassist for the band Coldplay.
1978 – Scott Crary, an American director.
1978 – Svetlana Lapina, a Russian high jumper.
1978 – Robin Walker, an English politician.
1979 – Claire Danes, a well-known American actress.
1979 – Elena Grosheva, a Russian gymnast.
1979 – Mateja Kežman, a Serbian footballer.
1979 – Jennifer Morrison, an American actress.
1979 – Cristian Ranalli, an Italian footballer.
1979 – Lee Soo-young, a South Korean singer.
1980 – Sara Head, a Welsh Paralympic table tennis champion.
1980 – Brian McFadden, an Irish singer.
1981 – Yuriy Borzakovskiy, a Russian runner.
1981 – Nicolás Burdisso, an Argentinian footballer.
1981 – Tulsi Gabbard, an American politician.
1981 – Grant Holt, an English footballer and wrestler.
1981 – Hisashi Iwakuma, a Japanese baseball pitcher.
1983 – Jelena Dokic, a Serbian-Australian tennis player.
1983 – Luke Kibet, a Kenyan runner.
1984 – Aleksey Dmitrik, a Russian high jumper.
1985 – Brennan Boesch, an American baseball player.
1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, a Japanese singer.
1986 – Brad Brach, an American baseball pitcher.
1986 – Blerim Džemaili, a Swiss footballer.
1986 – Marcel Granollers, a Spanish tennis player.
1986 – Jonathan Pitroipa, a Burkinabé footballer.
1987 – Brooklyn Decker, an American model and actress.
1987 – Shawn Gore, a Canadian football player.
1987 – Josh McCrone, an Australian rugby league player.
1987 – Luiz Adriano, a Brazilian professional footballer.
1987 – Brendon Urie, an American singer and musician.
1988 – Ricky Álvarez, an Argentinian footballer.
1988 – Stephen Brogan, an English footballer.
1988 – Amedeo Calliari, an Italian footballer.
1988 – Jessie James Decker, an American singer.
1988 – Moamen Zakaria, an Egyptian footballer.
1989 – Bethan Dainton, a Welsh rugby player.
1989 – Miguel Ángel Ponce, an American-Mexican footballer.
1989 – Ádám Hanga, a Hungarian basketball player.
1989 – Kaitlyn Weaver, a Canadian-American ice dancer.
1989 – Valentin Stocker, a Swiss footballer.
1990 – Francesca Halsall, an English swimmer.
1990 – Hiroki Sakai, a Japanese footballer.
1991 – Torey Krug, an American ice hockey player.
1991 – Lionel Carole, a French professional footballer.
1991 – Oliver Norwood, a Northern Irish international footballer.
1991 – Magnus Pääjärvi, a Swedish ice hockey player.
1991 – Jazz Richards, a Welsh international footballer.
1992 – Chad le Clos, a South African swimmer.
1993 – Robin Anderson, an American tennis player.
1993 – Jordan Archer, an English-Scottish footballer.
1993 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1994 – Isabelle Drummond, a Brazilian actress.
1994 – Saoirse Ronan, an American-born Irish actress.
1994 – Oh Sehun, a South Korean musician.
1994 – Eric Bailly, an Ivorian professional footballer.
1994 – Guido Rodríguez, an Argentine footballer.
1995 – Pedro Cachin, an Argentine tennis player.
1996 – Matteo Berrettini, an Italian tennis player.
1996 – Elizaveta Kulichkova, a Russian tennis player.

Notable People Who Passed Away on April 12

Here are some of the well-known individuals who died on April 12th:

Before the 1600s

45 BC – Gnaeus Pompeius, a Roman general.
352 – Julius I, a pope of the Catholic Church.
434 – Maximianus, an archbishop.
901 – Eudokia Baïana, a Byzantine empress.
1125 – Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia.
1167 – Charles VII, a king of Sweden.
1256 – Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, a regent.
1443 – Henry Chichele, an English archbishop.
1500 – Leonhard of Gorizia, a Count.
1530 – Joanna La Beltraneja, a Princess of Castile.
1550 – Claude, Duke of Guise.
1555 – Joanna, a Queen of Castile and Aragon.

Between 1601 and 1900

1675 – Richard Bennett, an English politician and colonial Governor of Virginia.
1684 – Nicola Amati, an Italian instrument maker.
1687 – Ambrose Dixon, an English-American soldier.
1704 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, a French bishop.
1748 – William Kent, an English architect.
1782 – Metastasio, an Italian-Austrian poet.
1788 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, a French-Italian composer.
1795 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, a Bavarian general.
1814 – Charles Burney, an English composer and historian.
1817 – Charles Messier, a French astronomer.
1850 – Adoniram Judson, an American missionary.
1866 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, an English politician.
1872 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, a Greek composer.
1878 – William M. Tweed, an American politician.
1879 – Richard Taylor, a Confederate general.
1885 – William Crowther, a Dutch-Australian politician.
1898 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, a Canadian cardinal.

After 1900

1902 – Marie Alfred Cornu, a French physicist.
1906 – Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, an Indian scholar.
1912 – Clara Barton, an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
1933 – Adelbert Ames, an American general and politician.
1937 – Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, a Turkish playwright.
1938 – Feodor Chaliapin, a Russian opera singer.
1943 – Viktor Puskar, an Estonian colonel.
1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States.
1953 – Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist.
1962 – Ron Flockhart, a Scottish racing driver.
1966 – Sydney Allard, an English racing driver and car company founder.
1968 – Heinrich Nordhoff, a German engineer.
1971 – Ed Lafitte, an American baseball player.
1973 – Arthur Freed, an American songwriter and producer.
1975 – Josephine Baker, a French actress and activist.
1976 – Christos Kakkalos, a Greek mountain guide.
1977 – Philip K. Wrigley, an American businessman.
1980 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., the 20th President of Liberia.
1981 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan.
1981 – Joe Louis, a famous American boxer.
1983 – Jørgen Juve, a Norwegian football player.
1983 – Carl Morton, an American baseball player.
1984 – Edwin T. Layton, an American admiral.
1986 – Valentin Kataev, a Russian author.
1988 – Colette Deréal, a French singer.
1988 – Alan Paton, a South African author.
1989 – Abbie Hoffman, an American activist.
1989 – Sugar Ray Robinson, a legendary American boxer.
1992 – Ilario Bandini, an Italian racing driver.
1997 – George Wald, an American neurologist who won a Nobel Prize.
1998 – Robert Ford, a Canadian poet and diplomat.
1999 – Boxcar Willie, an American singer.
2001 – Harvey Ball, an American illustrator who created the smiley face.
2002 – George Shevelov, a Ukrainian-American linguist.
2004 – Moran Campbell, a Canadian physician who invented the venturi mask.
2006 – William Sloane Coffin, an American minister and activist.
2007 – Kevin Crease, an Australian journalist.
2008 – Cecilia Colledge, an English-American figure skater.
2008 – Patrick Hillery, the 6th President of Ireland.
2008 – Jerry Zucker, an Israeli-American businessman.
2010 – Michel Chartrand, a Canadian trade union leader.
2010 – Werner Schroeter, a German director.
2011 – Karim Fakhrawi, a Bahraini journalist.
2012 – Mohit Chattopadhyay, an Indian poet.
2012 – Rodgers Grant, an American pianist.
2013 – Robert Byrne, an American chess player.
2013 – Johnny du Plooy, a South African boxer.
2013 – Michael France, an American screenwriter.
2013 – Brennan Manning, an American priest.
2013 – Annamária Szalai, a Hungarian journalist.
2013 – Ya'akov Yosef, an Israeli rabbi.
2014 – Pierre Autin-Grenier, a French author.
2014 – Pierre-Henri Menthéour, a French cyclist.
2014 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, a Brazilian footballer.
2014 – Hal Smith, an American baseball player.
2014 – Billy Standridge, an American race car driver.
2015 – Paulo Brossard, a Brazilian jurist.
2015 – Patrice Dominguez, an Algerian-French tennis player.
2015 – Alfred Eick, a German commander.
2015 – André Mba Obame, a Gabonese politician.
2016 – Anne Jackson, an American actress.
2016 – Mohammad Al Gaz, an Emirati politician.
2017 – Charlie Murphy, an American actor and comedian.
2020 – Tarvaris Jackson, an American football player.
2021 – Joseph Siravo, an American actor.
2022 – Gilbert Gottfried, an American comedian and actor.

Holidays and Observances

Children's Day (Bolivia)
Christian feast day:
- Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)
- Alferius
- Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso
- Erkembode
- Pope Julius I
- Teresa of the Andes
- Zeno of Verona
- April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin:
- Cosmonautics Day (Russia)
- International Day of Human Space Flight
- Yuri's Night (International observance)
Halifax Day (North Carolina)
National Redemption Day (Liberia)