Historical Events In April - 12

1975  Operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia on April - 12.   

1975  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82   

1979  Soyuz 33 returns to Earth on April - 12.   

1980  On April - 12 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  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  On April - 12 ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands.   

1983  Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor on this day in history.   

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

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

1985  US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games on April - 12.   

1987  On this day in history texaco files for brankruptcy   

1987  Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1989  On April - 12 peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through   

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

1990  On April - 12 greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history uS announces closing of 31 major US military bases   

1991  On this day in history james Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on this day in history.   

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

1992  Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN on April - 12.   

1992  On April - 12 trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle   

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

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

1993  Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies on April - 12.   

1994  Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1995  Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.   

1526  On April - 12 birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on April - 12.   

1577  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on April - 12.   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on April - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75