Page 7: 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 April - 12.   

1976  On this day in history paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74   

1977  On this day in history 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  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 on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uS Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games   

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy on this day in history.   

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

1988  Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies on April - 12.   

1989  Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through on April - 12.   

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

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

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on April - 12.   

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  On April - 12 james Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on April - 12.   

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN   

1992  On April - 12 trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle   

1992  On April - 12 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  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  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

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 April - 12.   

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 April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  On this day in history death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

0352  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia   

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

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

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