Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

1975  Operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia on this day in history.   

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 April - 12.   

1977  On this day in history philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82   

1979  On April - 12 soyuz 33 returns to Earth   

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

1981  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor   

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

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

1985  US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games on April - 12.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history james Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany on April - 12.   

1992  On April - 12 euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France   

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

1992  On this day in history 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 April - 12 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  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  On this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.   

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

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

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  On this day in history death of vladislaus I of Bohemia   

1443  On April - 12 death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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