TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1980
Date: 12 August 1980
Dominique Swain Birthday, Date of Birth
Dominique Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress. She first came to attention as the title character in Adrian Lyne's 1997 adaptation of Lolita, alongside a supporting role in John Woo's Face/Off also released in the same year. She worked predominantly in independent cinema throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s with credits including Girl (1998), The Intern (2000), Tart (2001), and Pumpkin (2002). Next she was in Alpha Dog (2006), Road to Nowhere (2010), and a succession of films in the action, thriller, and horror genres.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Tuesday, August 12, 1980
- Place of Birth
- Malibu
- Age
- 45
- Star Sign
- ♌
The August 12, 1980 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 224 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 45 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 42 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, in 322 days. You have lived for 16,478 days, or about 395,483 hours, or about 23,728,992 minutes, or about 1,423,739,520 seconds.
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12th of August 1980 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 12, 1980
FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Good in Bad News
Date: 12 August 1980
By Flora Lewis
Flora Lewis
Flora Lewis comment on different handling of 'news' by US and USSR; holds that with freedom comes reporting of bad news along with good
Bolivian Regime Agrees to Free U.S. Journalist Seized Week Ago
Date: 13 August 1980
Military junta agrees to free Spooner after Financial Times editor J D F Jones and Economist editor Robert Harvey appeal for her release (S)
BOLIVIAN GENERAL WITH IRON FIST: LUIS GARCIA MEZA TEJADA
Date: 13 August 1980
By WARREN HOGE
Warren HOGE
Baseball Star and Wife Sue to Halt Newspaper Stories; First Amendment Claim Disputed Judge's Rulings to Be Appealed
Date: 13 August 1980
By ROBERT LINDSEY Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
District Judge Robert J Kelleher issues temporary restraining order prohibiting Los Angeles Herald-Examiner from reprinting, at least until August 18, excerpts from article about Steve Garvey of Los Angeles Dodgers, and his wife Cyndy; article, entitled Trouble in Paradise, which appeared in Aug 3 issue of magazine Inside Sports, purported to describe comments that Mrs Garvey made in interview with Pat Jordan about problems and frustrations of marriage to professional baseball player; publication was blocked after Garvey and wife filed suit against Newsweek Inc, which owns magazine, and newspaper; couple said in suit that they had agreed to be interviewed only after being assured that 'favorable' article would result (M)