Historical Events In April - 12

1975  On April - 12 operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia  

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

1979  Soyuz 33 returns to Earth on April - 12.  

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

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 April - 12 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 this day in history.  

1985  On this day in history uS Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games  

1987  On this day in history texaco files for brankruptcy  

1987  Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 on April - 12.  

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  On this day in history abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52  

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

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on this day in history.  

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

1991  US announces closing of 31 major US military bases on this day in history.  

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

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on this day in history.  

1992  On April - 12 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  On April - 12 trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle  

1992  Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies  

1994  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)  

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

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

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 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  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.  

0238  On April - 12 death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)  

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53  

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75