Page 7: 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  On April - 12 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.   

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  On April - 12 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot   

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

1987  On April - 12 texaco files for brankruptcy   

1987  Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 on April - 12.   

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

1989  Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through on this day in history.   

1989  On April - 12 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 April - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle   

1992  Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1995  Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56 on April - 12.   

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on this day in history.   

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1579  On April - 12 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  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

0352  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

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

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

1443  On April - 12 death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

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 this day in history.