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What happened in history on this day: August 12?
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Births on August 12
- 1881 - Birth of Cecil B deMille in Massachusetts, USA; film director (The Ten Commandments) (dies 1959).
- 1890 - Birth of Al Goodman in Nikopol, Russia; orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour).
- 1893 - Birth of Howard Smith in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Harvey Griffin - Hazel).
- 1911 - Birth of Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) in Mexico; actor (Around the World in 80 Days).
- 1912 - Birth of Jane Wyatt in Campgaw, New Jersey, USA; actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek).
- 1913 - Birth of Kurt Kaszner in Vienna, Austria; actor (Commander Fitzhugh - Land of the Giants).
- 1921 - Birth of Marjorie Reynolds in Buhl, Idaho, USA; actress (Peggy - Life of Riley).
- 1926 - Birth of John Derek in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (10, Annapolis Story) (dies 1998).
- 1927 - Birth of Porter Wagoner in rural Missouri, USA; country music producer, singer ("A Satisfied Mind" (1955), "Misery Loves Company" (1962), The Porter Wagoner Show TV show (1960-1981)).
- 1927 - Birth of Ralph Waite in White Plains, New York, USA; actor (John - The Waltons, Roots).
- 1929 - Birth of Buck Owens AKA Alvis Edgar Owens Junior in Sherman, Texas, USA; country music star ("I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Act Naturally", "Waiting in Your Welfare Line"), host (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1939 - Birth of George Hamilton in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Love at first Bite, Where the Boys Are, Dynasty TV show).
- 1941 - Birth of Deborah Walley in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; actress (Mothers-in-Law).
- 1941 - Birth of Jennifer Warren in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant, Paper Dolls).
- 1954 - Birth of Sam J Jones in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Chris - Code Red, The Highway Man, Hollywood Safari).
- 1956 - Birth of Bruce Greenwood in Quebec, Canada; actor (Knots Landing TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show).
- 1965 - Birth of Peter Krause; actor (Six Feet Under TV show, Sports Night, Dirty Sexy Money).
- 1971 - Birth of Rebecca Gayheart; actress (Vanished, Vanishing Son).
- 1971 - Birth of Michael Ian Black; actor (Ed, Reno 911).
- 1975 - Birth of Casey Affleck; actor (The Kennedys of Massacheusetts).
- 1980 - Birth of Maggie Lawson; actress (Psych, Nancy Drew).
- 1993 - Birth of Imani Hakim; actress (Everybody Hates Chris).
Deaths on August 12
- 1982 - Henry Fonda, American actor (On Golden Pond), dies at age 77 from heart disease (born 1905).
- 2000 - Death of Loretta Young AKA Gretchen Michaela Young of ovarian cancer at age 87; actress (Letter to Loretta, The New Loretta Young Show).
- 2007 - Death of Merv Griffin at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune).
- 2022 - Death of Teddy Ray at age 32 from drowning in Rancho Mirage, California, USA; actor (Pause With Sam Jay TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Wolfgang Petersen at age 81; German film-maker (Das Boot, Outbreak).
- 2022 - Death of Anne Heche at age 53 following a car crash; American actor (Another World TV show (1987-1991), Donnie Brasco movie (1997), Six Days, Seven Nights movie (1998), Men in Trees TV show (2006-2008), Girl in Room 13 movie (2022)).
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