Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

1975  On this day in history operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia   

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

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

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

1982  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor   

1984  On April - 12 ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76   

1985  16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn on this day in history.   

1985  US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games on this day in history.   

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy on April - 12.   

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

1988  On this day in history alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies   

1989  On this day in history peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through   

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

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

1990  On April - 12 henry Kendrick, dies   

1991  On this day in history 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  Earthquake rocks Germany on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France   

1992  On April - 12 lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN   

1992  Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle on April - 12.   

1992  On April - 12 joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61   

1993  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1994  On April - 12 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 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  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.   

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

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 April - 12.   

1579  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

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

0065  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.   

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 this day in history.