Historical Events In April - 12

1975  On April - 12 operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia  

1975  On April - 12 josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68  

1976  Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 on April - 12.  

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

1979  Soyuz 33 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1980  Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies on April - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1981  On this day in history hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78  

1982  3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot on this day in history.  

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

1983  On this day in history harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor  

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 April - 12 uS Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games  

1987  On April - 12 texaco files for brankruptcy  

1987  On this day in history ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90  

1988  On April - 12 alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies  

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

1989  On this day in history abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52  

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

1990  On this day in history henry Kendrick, dies  

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

1991  US announces closing of 31 major US military bases on this day in history.  

1991  James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies on this day in history.  

1992  On April - 12 earthquake rocks Germany  

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France on April - 12.  

1992  Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history 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  Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies on April - 12.  

1994  On this day in history harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81  

1995  On this day in history chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56  

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0812  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  On April - 12 birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)  

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

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

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer  

0065  On this day in history 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  On this day in history julius I, pope (337-52), dies  

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on April - 12.  

1125  On this day in history death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.  

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