Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

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

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

1979  On April - 12 soyuz 33 returns to Earth   

1980  On this day in history 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  First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on this day in history.   

1981  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 on April - 12.   

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

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

1985  On April - 12 uS Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games   

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy on April - 12.   

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

1988  Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1990  On this day in history henry Kendrick, dies   

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

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

1991  James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies on April - 12.   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on April - 12.   

1992  On April - 12 euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France   

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

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

1992  Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 on April - 12.   

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 April - 12 harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81   

1995  On April - 12 chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56   

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on this day in history.   

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on this day in history.   

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

0352  On this day in history julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

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

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  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75