Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

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

1975  Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 on April - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1984  Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 on April - 12.   

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

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

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 April - 12 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 April - 12.   

1990  Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers on April - 12.   

1990  On April - 12 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 April - 12.   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on this day in history.   

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France on April - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 12 isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies   

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

1995  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

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 April - 12.   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.   

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia   

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

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on April - 12.