Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

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

1975  On April - 12 josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68   

1976  Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 on April - 12.   

1977  Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history soyuz 33 returns to Earth   

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

1981  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 on this day in history.   

1981  First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on April - 12.   

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 April - 12.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1987  On April - 12 texaco files for brankruptcy   

1987  On April - 12 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  On this day in history abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52   

1990  On April - 12 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 April - 12.   

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  Earthquake rocks Germany on this day in history.   

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France on this day in history.   

1992  Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN on this day in history.   

1992  Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1993  Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On April - 12 birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

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

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.   

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

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