Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 12
May 12, 2025 is the 132nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 233 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 12
- 1264 –The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins.
- 1551 –National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: two divisions of James B. McPherson’s XVII Corps (ACW) turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton’s defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
- 1916 –James Connolly was sat on a chair and shot dead in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, after his role in the Easter Uprising
- 1941 –Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
- 1945 –Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved.
- 1952 –Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur.
- 1975 –Mayagüez incident: the Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.
- 1998 –Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto
- 2008 –U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of workplace and arrests nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
Who were born on May 12?
- 1885 –Paltiel Daykan, Russian-born Israeli jurist (d. 1969)
- 1900 –Helene Weigel, German actress (d. 1971)
- 1921 –Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist
- 1945 –Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956 –Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 –Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
- 1971 –Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
- 1977 –Lorena Bernal, Argentine/Spanish model and actress
- 1987 –Kieron Pollard, West Indies Cricketer
- 1992 –Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
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