Page 7: Historical Events In April - 12

1975  On April - 12 operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia   

1975  Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74   

1977  On April - 12 philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor on April - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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  Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 12 henry Kendrick, dies   

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  James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 12 earthquake rocks Germany   

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

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

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

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  Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies on April - 12.   

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

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  On April - 12 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  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  On April - 12 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  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

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

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.   

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.