Historical Events In April - 12

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

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

1976  On this day in history paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74  

1977  On April - 12 philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82  

1979  On this day in history soyuz 33 returns to Earth  

1980  On April - 12 stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies  

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

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

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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  Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 12 alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies  

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

1989  Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 on April - 12.  

1990  On this day in history greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers  

1990  On this day in history henry Kendrick, dies  

1991  On April - 12 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs  

1991  On April - 12 uS announces closing of 31 major US military bases  

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

1992  On this day in history earthquake rocks Germany  

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 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 April - 12.  

1995  On April - 12 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  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

1500  On April - 12 birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist  

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

1550  On this day in history 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  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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