Historical Events In April - 12

1975  On this day in history operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia   

1975  Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 on April - 12.   

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

1977  Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 on April - 12.   

1979  Soyuz 33 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1980  On April - 12 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 this day in history first space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable   

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 April - 12 ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands.   

1983  On April - 12 harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor   

1984  Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1985  16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn on April - 12.   

1985  On April - 12 uS Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games   

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy on April - 12.   

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

1988  On this day in history alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1990  On April - 12 henry Kendrick, dies   

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

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

1991  On April - 12 james Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

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  Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle on April - 12.   

1992  Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 on April - 12.   

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  On April - 12 harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81   

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  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

1577  On this day in history birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on April - 12.   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 12.   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.   

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

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  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.