Historical Events In April - 12

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

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

1979  Soyuz 33 returns to Earth on April - 12.   

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

1981  On April - 12 hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78   

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  Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor on April - 12.   

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

1985  On this day in history 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn   

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

1987  On April - 12 texaco files for brankruptcy   

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

1988  On April - 12 alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies   

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

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 April - 12.   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on this day in history.   

1991  2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs on this day in history.   

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

1991  James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies on this day in history.   

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  Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle on April - 12.   

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

1993  Aircraft from USS Theodore Roosevelt and NATO forces begin enforcing the no-fly zone over the Bosnia in Operation Deny Flight on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

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  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

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 this day in history.   

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

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

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

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.   

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