Albert Einstein:I used to wonder how it comes about that the electron is negative.Negative-positive—these are perfectly symmetric in physics. There is noreason whatever to prefer one to the other. Then why is the electronnegative? I thought about this for a long time and at last all I couldthink was “It won the fight!” ...(more byEinstein)
Richard Feynman:It is the facts that matter, not the proofs. Physics can progresswithout the proofs, but we can't go on without the facts ... if thefacts are right, then the proofs are a matter of playing around withthe algebra correctly. ...(more byFeynman)
Born 12 Oct 1860; died 16 Jun 1930 at age 69. Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American engineer and inventor who devised the gyrocompass.In the 1890's he made useful inventions in electric mining machinery, and patent electric brake and control system for street- or tramcars.
Historical events for the 12th of October. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on October 12. Hugh Jackman. Australian actor and producer Hugh Jackman is best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men series. He's also known for parts in the films The Prestige, Australia and Les Miserables. The first Oktoberfest takes place in Munich in honor of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig’s (later King Ludwig I) marriage to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year. 12, 2000, the Navy destroyer Cole was attacked in an al-Qaeda suicide bombing while in port in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors and injuring dozens more. October 12 Events in the History of Food and the Culinary Arts, Eating Customs, Discoveries, Inventions, Births, Deaths, Anniversaries, Chefs, Creations.
1. Hugh Jackman
Actor | Les Misérables
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ...
2. Josh Hutcherson
Actor | The Hunger Games
Joshua Ryan Hutcherson was born on October 12, 1992 in Union, Kentucky to Michelle Fightmaster, who worked for Delta Air Lines, and Chris Hutcherson, an EPA analyst. He has one younger brother, Connor Hutcherson. From the age of four, Josh knew that he wanted to be an actor. In order to pursue his ...
3. Hiroyuki Sanada
Actor | Tasogare Seibei
Hiroyuki Sanada was born on the 12th of October, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Game of Chance (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) Sanada's father died when he was 11. Sanada joined Japan Action Club, organized and run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. Sanada first ...
4. Lin Shaye
Actress | Insidious
Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including 'Bye Bye Birdie' and 'On The Town'. After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in ...
5. Tony Cavalero
Actor | School of Rock
Tony is a main company member of The Groundlings in Los Angeles. He is a proud graduate of the Virginia Military Institute where he learned how to be a soldier and absolutely nothing about acting. Tony is also a founding member of the long-form improvisational group Robert Downey Jr Jr, whose ...
6. Tyler Blackburn
Actor | Pretty Little Liars
Tyler Blackburn stars as Caleb Rivers, the bad boy with a soft side who swept Hanna off her feet on Pretty Little Liars (2010). Caleb is drawn to stay in Rosewood after witnessing some strange events that are seemingly connected to him.
Blackburn recently starred in Alloy Entertainment's web series ...
7. Antonia Rey
Actress | Hair
Antonia Rey was born on October 12, 1926 in Havana, Cuba as Maria Antonia Rey. She was an actress, known for Hair (1979), Jacob's Ladder (1990) and Das Grauen (1980). She was married to Andres Castro. She died on February 21, 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
8. Rafal Zawierucha
Actor | Jack Strong
Rafal Zawierucha was born in 1986, in Cracow, Poland. In 2012 he graduated from National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. After the first year in Theater Academy as the one of the best students he got an invitation to the acting workshop in Watermill Center, New York 2008 Summer Program with one ...
9. Grace Johnston
Actress | Beaches
Grace Johnston was born on October 12, 1980 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Beaches (1988), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and Absolute Killers (2011).
10. Tom Guiry
Actor | The Sandlot
Thomas Guiry was born October 12, 1981, in Trenton, New Jersey. His acting debut in a movie was in The Sandlot (1993), in 1993, when he was 11. This led to other films such as Lassie (1994), The Last Home Run (1996), Wrestling with Alligators (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001), and Justice (2003).
11. Kirk Cameron
Actor | Growing Pains
Kirk Thomas Cameron was born in Panorama City, California, to Barbara Cameron (née Barbara Jeanne Bausmith), a homemaker, and Robert Cameron, a teacher. Though his parents initially did not project show business aspirations onto their children, a family friend in the business noted to Barbara that ...
12. Brian J. Smith
Actor | SGU Stargate Universe
Brian J. Smith was born on October 12, 1981 in Dallas, Texas, USA as Brian Jacob Smith. He is an actor, known for SGU Stargate Universe (2009), Red Faction: Origins (2011) and Hate Crime (2005). On June 2015, he played Will Gorski, one of the lead characters on the Netflix original series, 'Sense8'...
13. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
Actor | Sing Street
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo was born on October 12, 1999 in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Sing Street (2016), Vikings (2013) and Here Are the Young Men.
14. Deborah Foreman
Actress | Real Genius
Deborah Foreman won the prestigious 'Most Promising New Star' award from Sho West in 1986, following her starring roles in the critically acclaimed Valley Girl (1983) and the award-winning My Chauffeur (1986). Subsequently, she had the lead (actually the two leads!) in April Fool's Day (1986) which...
15. Susan Anton
Actress | Goldengirl
Susan Anton has been recognized as a multi-talented international star for more than 35 years in television, film, theater, and concert venues. She was nominated for a Golden Globe in her first film outing, Goldengirl (1979), and was soon thereafter signed by NBC to star in her own variety show, ...
16. Kate Beahan
Actress | The Wicker Man
Kate Beahan was born on October 12, 1974 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress and assistant director, known for The Wicker Man (2006), Flightplan (2005) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).
17. David Threlfall
Actor | Shameless
David Threlfall was born on October 12, 1953 in Burnage, Manchester, England. He is an actor and producer, known for Shameless (2004), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Hot Fuzz (2007). He has been married to Brana Bajic since 1995. They have two children.
18. Carlos Bernard
Actor | 24
Carlos Bernard was born on October 12, 1962 in Evanston, Illinois, USA as Carlos Bernard Papierski. He is an actor and director, known for 24 (2001), The Orville (2017) and Supergirl (2015). He has been married to Tessie Santiago since December 30, 2013. He was previously married to Sharisse ...
19. Daliah Lavi
Actress | Casino Royale
She was a star in Europe long before she made a dent in Hollywood in the late 60s. Along with other foreign imports at the time, such as Brigitte Bardot, Ursula Andress, Elke Sommer, Ewa Aulin, Senta Berger, Rosanna Schiaffino, Shirley Eaton, Sylva Koscina, Barbara Bouchet, et al., she pursued sex ...
20. Jonathan Crombie
Actor | Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Jonathan Crombie was born on Wednesday, October 12th, 1966, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the baby of the family (he had two older sisters). His parents are David and Shirley Ann. Jonathan never intended on becoming an actor but he was spotted in a high school production of 'The Wizard of Oz'...
21. Adam Rich
Actor | Code Red
Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Code Red (1981), Eight Is Enough (1977) and CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1980).
22. Dave Legeno
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
A twin fisted existentialist, whose post-Nietzschian sensibilities reject the lantern of the cynic in a quest for a sun that leaves no shadow. He attended Dr Challoners Grammar School where he achieved 8 'o' levels, he then elected to work on demolition sites rather than continue his education to ...
23. Satoshi Kon
Writer | Tôkyô goddofâzâzu
Satoshi Kon was born in 1963. He studied at the Musashino College of the Arts. He began his career as a Manga artist. He then moved to animation and worked as a background artist on many films (including Roujin Z (1991) by 'Katsuhiro Otomo'). Then, in 1995, he wrote an episode of the anthology film ...
24. Josephine Hutchinson
Actress | North by Northwest
As a child she studied at Seattle's Cornish School. Still in her early twenties, after several years of stock work in New York, she joined Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater where she won critical praise for her title role in 'Alice in Wonderland.' She came to Hollywood in 1934 under ...
25. Mary Jane Saunders
Actress | Sorrowful Jones
Mary Jane Saunders was born on October 12, 1943 in Pasadena, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Sorrowful Jones (1949), A Woman of Distinction (1950) and I Spy (1965). She has been married to Jay Johnstone since November 25, 1967. They have one child.
26. Lala Sloatman
Actress | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Lala Sloatman was born Lala Cassandra Sloatman in Winterpark, Florida on October 12, 1970. The name Lala is Hawiian for Laura and Lala is named after her grandmother, Laura who was born in Hawaii, and still lives there. She has one younger brother, John Sloatman IV, who is 12 years her junior.
27. Engin Akyürek
Actor | Kara Para Ask
He was born and raised in Ankara. He graduated from Ankara University Department of History.
His first TV series was Yabanci Damat. After increasing the number of his fans by this series he shot his first movie 'Kader' in 2006. With 'Cevat' role in this movie, he won the Modern Cinema Actors and ...
28. Marcus T. Paulk
Actor | Moesha
Marcus Terrell Paulk was born on October 12, 1986 in the sunny city of Los Angeles, California. With all the buzz of Hollywood glamour and celebrity stardom it seems Paulk felt right at home so early in life 'street performing' in California's ever popular Venice Beach, at the impressionable age of...
29. Aina Dumlao
Actress | Diwa
Aina Dumlao was born on October 12, 1988 in the Philippines. She is an actress and producer, known for Diwa (2018), Ballers (2015) and MacGyver (2016).
30. Arthur Space
Actor | The Big Noise
Arthur Space was born on October 12, 1908 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA as Charles Arthur Space. He was an actor, known for The Big Noise (1944), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) and Terror at Red Wolf Inn (1972). He was married to Mary (Mollie) Campbell. He died on January 13, 1983 in ...
31. Jean Wallace
Actress | Lancelot and Guinevere
Teenage fashion model and Earl Carroll showgirl Jean Wallace failed in her first bid to break into movies, after MGM discovered that she was only 17, not 19 years old - as she had claimed. Being underage meant that she could only work four hours a day (and with an official tutor) and so her bit in ...
32. JoAnn Willette
Actress | Just the Ten of Us
JoAnn Willette was born on October 12, 1963 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. She is an actress, known for Just the Ten of Us (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and Real Genius (1985). She was previously married to Mark Amato.
33. Aurore Clément
Actress | Apocalypse Now
Aurore Clement was born in Soissons, France. Her parents were farmers, and after the death of her father, she left for Paris where she found work with a modeling agency. She quickly made a name for herself, preferring a natural style and refusing to wear make-up. In the seventies,Louis Malle, ...
34. Randy Stuart
Actress | All About Eve
The daughter of husband-and-wife vaudevillians, Randy Stuart was born in southeastern Iola, Kansas and traveled throughout the South and Midwest with her itinerant parents before making her own stage debut with them at the ripe old age of three. The family eventually settled in California where ...
35. Richard Price
Writer | Sea of Love
Richard Price was born on October 12, 1949 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Sea of Love (1989), Ransom (1996) and The Deuce (2017). He was previously married to Judith Hudson.
36. Todd Babcock
Actor | Planet of the Apes
Todd Babcock was born on October 12, 1969 in Jackson, Michigan, USA as Todd Edwin Babcock. He is an actor and director, known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Gods and Monsters (1998).
37. Joseph Kahn
Director | Bodied
Joseph Kahn was born on October 12, 1972. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Bodied (2017), Detention (2011) and Torque (2004).
38. Robin Askwith
Actor | Bless This House
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Robin Askwith was born on October 12, 1950 in Southport, Lancashire, England. He is an actor and writer, known for Bless This House (1972), U-571 (2000) and Carry on Girls (1973).
39. Luciano Pavarotti
Soundtrack | Yes, Giorgio
Luciano Pavarotti was a best-selling classical singer and humanitarian known for his most original and popular performances with the 'Three Tenors' and 'Pavarotti & Friends'.
He was born on October 12, 1935, in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy. He was the first child and only son of two ...
40. Nansi Nsue
Actress | Whiskey Cavalier
Nansi Nsue is an Afro-Spanish actress known for her roles in the award winning web-series Dear Jesus, How to talk to Girls at Parties, Autopsy:The last hours of Bobbi Kristina Brown and most recently TRUMP
Her work on 'Shards' was screened at the BFI delivered by the NFTS
Her acting career started ...
41. Sneha
Actress | Virumbugirean
Sneha was born on October 12, 1981 in Mumbai, India as Suhasini Rajaram. She is an actress, known for Virumbugirean (2002), Haridas (2013) and Achchamundu! Achchamundu! (2009). She has been married to Prasanna since May 11, 2012.
42. Kenneth Griffith
Actor | Four Weddings and a Funeral
Kenneth Griffith was born on October 12, 1921 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales as Kenneth Griffiths. He is known for his work on Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), I'm All Right Jack (1959) and A Night to Remember (1958). He was married to Doria Noar, Joan Stock and Carole Hagar. He died on June 25,...
43. Gillian Welch
Soundtrack | O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Gillian Welch was born on October 12, 1967 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
44. Caroline Ellis
Actress | Sherlock Holmes
Caroline Ellis was born on October 12, 1950 in Whetstone, London, England as Caroline Elizabeth Ann Ellis. She is an actress, known for Sherlock Holmes (1964), Confessions of a Summer Camp Councillor (1977) and Only Fools and Horses (1981).
45. Michael Bofshever
Actor | A Dog's Purpose
Michael Bofshever was born on October 12, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Dog's Purpose (2017), United 93 (2006) and Breaking Bad (2008). He has been married to Celia D. Lee since November 23, 1979. They have two children.
46. Raymond Ochoa
Actor | The Good Dinosaur
Ochoa began acting professionally at 4 1/2 years old after landing a national commercial for JC Penny with 2 of his older brothers Ryan, who is a series regular on the Disney XD show 'Pair of Kings' and Robert.
Soon after he was booked in a recurring role on the TBS show '10 Items Or Less' and then ...
47. Jeff Nathanson
Writer | Speed 2: Cruise Control
Jeff Nathanson was born on October 12, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his work on Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
48. Sönke Möhring
Actor | Inglourious Basterds
Sönke Möhring was born on October 12, 1972 in Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Impossible (2012) and The Blue Mauritius.
49. Karl Dane
Actor | The Big Parade
Born Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 12, 1886 the future Karl Dane had a rough childhood. His father was an alcoholic and spendthrift. At a young age his parents divorced. To escape his unhappy home he took a great interest in the arts, particularly puppeteering (...
50. Marie Wilson
Actress | As the World Turns
Marie Wilson was born on October 12, 1974 in Athens, Greece as Marie Flevaras. She is an actress, known for As the World Turns (1956), Port Charles (1997) and General Hospital (1963). She was previously married to Michael D. Wilson.