Historical Events In April - 12

1975  Operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia on this day in history.   

1975  Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1976  Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 on April - 12.   

1979  On this day in history soyuz 33 returns to Earth   

1980  On this day in history stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies   

1981  First launching of re-useable Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) with all Navy crew. CAPT John W. Young, USN (Ret.) commanded, while LCDR Robert L. Crippen, USN was the pilot. Mission duration was 2 days, 6 hours, and 20 minutes. Sixteen of the shuttle's heat-shielding silicon tiles were lost and 148 damaged during reentry on April - 12.   

1981  First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on April - 12.   

1981  On April - 12 hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78   

1982  3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot on April - 12.   

1982  On April - 12 ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands.   

1983  Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor on April - 12.   

1984  On this day in history ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76   

1985  On April - 12 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn   

1985  On this day in history uS Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games   

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy on this day in history.   

1987  On April - 12 ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90   

1988  Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies on April - 12.   

1989  Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through on April - 12.   

1989  Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1990  Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers on this day in history.   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on April - 12.   

1991  On this day in history 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs   

1991  US announces closing of 31 major US military bases on April - 12.   

1991  On April - 12 james Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

1992  On April - 12 earthquake rocks Germany   

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN   

1992  On April - 12 trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle   

1992  On this day in history joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61   

1993  On April - 12 aircraft from USS Theodore Roosevelt and NATO forces begin enforcing the no-fly zone over the Bosnia in Operation Deny Flight   

1993  On this day in history isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies   

1994  On April - 12 harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81   

1995  On April - 12 chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56   

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0812  On April - 12 birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on April - 12.   

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  On this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  On April - 12 death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.   

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on April - 12.   

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1550  On April - 12 claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on April - 12.