Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

1975  Operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia on April - 12.   

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

1976  Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82   

1979  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 first space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable   

1981  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1982  3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot on this day in history.   

1982  Ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands on April - 12.   

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  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  On April - 12 ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90   

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

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

1991  US announces closing of 31 major US military bases on April - 12.   

1991  On this day in history james Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on this day in history.   

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

1992  Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

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

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  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.