Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

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

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  Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1980  Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies on this day in history.   

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

1981  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 on April - 12.   

1982  On April - 12 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy on this day in history.   

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

1988  Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 12.   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies on this day in history.   

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

1991  US announces closing of 31 major US military bases on April - 12.   

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

1992  On April - 12 earthquake rocks Germany   

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 this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle   

1992  On April - 12 joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61   

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 April - 12.   

1994  On April - 12 harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81   

1995  Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56 on April - 12.   

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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 this day in history.   

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On April - 12 birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on April - 12.   

0065  On this day in history death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  On April - 12 death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

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

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on April - 12.   

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

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

1550  On April - 12 claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75