Historical Events In April - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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