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  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  Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies on April - 12.   

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  First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on April - 12.   

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

1982  On this day in history 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot   

1982  Ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands on this day in history.   

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

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

1985  On April - 12 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  Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

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

1989  On April - 12 abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52   

1990  On this day in history greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history uS announces closing of 31 major US military bases   

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

1992  On April - 12 earthquake rocks Germany   

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France on April - 12.   

1992  On April - 12 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  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  Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies on this day in history.   

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  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.   

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  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

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

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

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

0065  On April - 12 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  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

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

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