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April 12
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{{PAGENAME}} is the
102 (number) 102nd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (103rd in
leap years). There are 263 days remaining.
Events
*
467 -
Anthemius is elevated to
Roman emperor Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
*
1204 -
Constantinople is sacked by warriors of the
Fourth Crusade.
*
1606 - The
Union Jack is adopted as the national flag of
Great Britain.
*
1633 - The formal interrogation by the
Inquisition of
Galileo Galilei begins.
*
1776 -
North Carolina's Provincial Congress authorized its delegates to the
Second Continental Congress to vote for
independence by issuing the
Halifax Resolves.
*
1861 -
American Civil War: The
war begins with
Confederate States of America Confederate forces firing on
Fort Sumter, in the harbor of
Charleston, South Carolina.
*
1864 -
American Civil War:
Fort Pillow massacre --
Confederate States of America Confederate forces under General
Nathan Bedford Forrest kill most of the
African American soldiers who had surrendered at
Fort Pillow,
Tennessee
*
1865 -
American Civil War:
Mobile, Alabama, falls to the
Union Army.
*
1877 - The
United Kingdom annexes the
Transvaal.
*
1923 -
Kandersteg International Scout Centre came into existence.
*
1926 - By a vote of 45 to 41, the
United States Senate unseats
Iowa Senator
Smith W. Brookhart and seats
Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.
*
1937 - Sir
Frank Whittle ground-tests the first
jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at the
British Thomson-Houston factory in
Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby, England
*
1945 - President
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, and
Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd
President of the United States.
*
1946 -
Syria gains independence from
France.
*
1954 -
Bill Haley and His Comets record "
Rock Around the Clock" in
New York City. Initially unsuccessful, the recording would help launch the
rock and roll revolution a year later.
*
1955 - The
polio vaccine, developed by Dr.
Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
*
1961 -
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space.
*
1968 -
Nerve gas accident at
Skull Valley, Utah.
*
1975 -
Khmer Rouge troops capture
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia.
*
1980 -
Samuel Doe takes control of
Liberia in a ''coup d'etat'', ending over 130 years of
democratic presidential succession in that country.
*
1981 - The first launch of a
Space Shuttle:
Space Shuttle Columbia ''Columbia'' launches on the
STS-1 mission.
*
1984 - LiSARS is created
*
1989 - TV show ''
Fast Forward'' starts on the
ATN-7 Network (
Australia).
*
1990 -
Christian Bernard, F.R.C., becomes Imperator of
AMORC.
*
1992 -
Euro Disneyland opens in
Marne-la-Vallee,
France.
*
1994 -
Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass
Usenet Newsgroup spam spam.
*
1996 -
Yahoo! had its
initial public offering, selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each.
*
1998 - Catastrophical
earthquake in
Slovenia in PosoÄ?je 5,6 on the Richter scale.
*
2002 -
Coup d'Etat against
Hugo Chávez in
Venezuela.
*
2005 - In
Canada, a motion by the opposition
Conservative Party of Canada Conservative Party to kill legislation opening the door for legalized
same sex marriage is defeated 164-132.
Births
*
599 BC -
Mahavira, Indian founder of Jainism (d.
527 BC)
*
812 -
Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d.
835)
*
1484 -
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d.
1546)
*
1500 -
Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d.
1574)
*
1526 -
Muretus, French humanist (d.
1585)
*
1550 -
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d.
1604)
*
1577 - King
Christian IV of Denmark (d.
1648)
*
1713 -
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d.
1796)
*
1722 -
Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d.
1793)
*
1724 - Dr.
Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d.
1790)
*
1726 -
Charles Burney, English music historian (d.
1814)
*
1748 -
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d.
1836)
*
1777 -
Henry Clay, American statesman and five-time Presidential candidate (d.
1852)
*
1794 -
Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (d.
1847)
*
1799 -
Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d.
1855)
*
1823 -
Alexandr Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (d.
1886)
*
1839 -
Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (d.
1888)
*
1848 -
José Gautier BenÃtez, Puerto Rican poet
*
1856 -
William Martin Conway, English art critic and mountaineer (d.
1937)
*
1869 -
Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d.
1922)
*
1884 -
Otto Meyerhof, German-born biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1951)
*
1887 -
Harold Lockwood, American silent film actor (d.
1918)
*
1888 -
Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (d.
1964)
*
1892 -
Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist (d.
1940)
*
1893 -
Robert Harron, American actor (d.
1920)
*
1898 -
Lily Pons, American soprano (d.
1976)
*
1902 -
Louis Beel,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d.
1977)
*
1903 -
Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (d.
1979)
*1903 -
Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist,
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d.
1994)
*
1907 -
Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d.
2003)
*
1908 -
Lionel Hampton, American musician (d.
2002)
*
1912 -
Walt Gorney, American actor (d.
2004)
*
1916 -
Beverly Cleary, American writer
*
1917 -
Helen Forrest, American singer (d.
1999)
*
1922 -
Tiny Tim, American musician (d.
1996)
*
1923 -
Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (d.
2004)
*
1928 -
Hardy Krüger, German actor
*1928 -
Jean-François Paillard, French conductor
*
1932 -
Dennis Banks, American activist
*1932 -
Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan Politician (assassinated) (d.
2005)
*
1933 -
Montserrat Caballe Montserrat Caballé, Catalan soprano
*
1935 -
Johnny Bucyk, Canadian
ice hockey player
*
1939 -
Alan Ayckbourn, English writer
*
1940 -
Herbie Hancock, American pianist and composer
*
1941 -
Bobby Moore, English footballer (d.
1993)
*
1944 -
John Kay (musician) John Kay, German-born musician (
Steppenwolf (band) Steppenwolf)
*
1946 -
Ed O'Neill, American actor
*
1947 -
Tom Clancy, American author
*1947 -
David Letterman, American talk show host
*
1948 -
Jeremy Beadle, British television presenter
*1948 -
Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
*1948 -
Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer (
Martha & the Vandellas)
*
1949 -
Scott Turow, American writer
*
1950 -
David Cassidy, American singer and actor
*1950 -
Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
*
1952 -
Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d.
2004)
*
1954 -
Pat Travers, Canadian musician
*
1956 -
Andy Garcia, Cuban-born actor
* 1956 -
Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer, pianist, and actor
*
1957 -
Vince Gill, American musician
*
1961 -
Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer and film composer
*
1962 -
Art Alexakis, American musician (
Everclear (band) Everclear)
*
1964 -
Amy Ray, American musician (
Indigo Girls)
*
1970 -
Nick Hexum, American musician (
311 (band) 311)
*
1971 -
Nicholas Brendon, actor
* 1971 -
Shannen Doherty, American actress
*
1978 -
Guy Berryman, British musician (
Coldplay)
* 1978 -
Riley Smith, American actor
*
1979 -
Claire Danes, American actress
* 1979 -
Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
*
1982 -
Deen (singer) Deen, Bosnian singer
*
1985 -
Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (
Morning Musume)
Deaths
*
65 -
Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
*
238 -
Gordian I,
Roman Emperor (suicide)
*238 -
Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)
*
352 - St.
Julius I, 35th
Pope of the
Catholic Church
*
1443 -
Henry Chichele,
Archbishop of Canterbury
*
1550 -
Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (b.
1496)
*
1555 -
Juana of Castile, queen of
Philip I of Castile (b.
1479)
*
1687 -
Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
*
1704 -
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b.
1627)
*
1748 -
William Kent, English architect
*
1782 -
Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b.
1698)
*
1788 -
Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer (b.
1719)
*
1795 -
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b.
1710)
*
1814 -
Charles Burney, English music historian (b.
1726)
*
1850 -
Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b.
1788)
*
1878 -
William Marcy Tweed, aka Boss Tweed,
American politician (b. 1823)
*
1902 -
Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b.
1842)
*
1912 -
Clara Barton, American nurse and Red Cross advocate (b.
1821)
*
1938 -
Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (b.
1873)
*
1945 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd
President of the United States (b.
1882)
*
1962 -
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b.
1861)
*
1971 -
Igor Tamm, Russian physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1895)
* 1971 -
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b.
1871)
*
1975 -
Josephine Baker, American dancer (b.
1906)
*
1980 -
Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b.
1895)
* 1980 -
William R. Tolbert, Jr.,
President of Liberia (b.
1913)
*
1981 -
Joe Louis, American boxer (b.
1914)
*
1986 -
Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b.
1897)
*
1988 -
Alan Paton, South African novelist (b.
1903)
*
1989 -
Gerald Flood, British actor (b.
1927)
* 1989 -
Abbie Hoffman, American radical leader (b.
1936)
* 1989 -
Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b.
1921)
*
1997 -
George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1903)
*
1999 -
Boxcar Willie, American singer (b.
1931)
*
2003 -
Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b.
1900)
Holidays and observances
*The
Rome Roman holiday of
Cerealia begins.
*
Yuri's Night, an international celebration of the first human in space,
Yuri Gagarin.
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
-
Today in History: April 12
----
From "Lines in Praise of a Date Made Praiseworthy Solely by Something Very Nice That Happened to It", by
Ogden Nash:
:"As through the calendar I delve
:I pause to rejoice in April twelve.
:Yea, be I in sickness or be I in health
:My favorite date is April twealth.
:..."
----
April 11 -
April 13 -
March 12 -
May 12 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
{{months}}
af:12 April
ar:12 ابريل
an:12 d'abril
ast:12 d'abril
bg:12 април
be:12 краÑ?авіка
bs:12. april
ca:12 d'abril
ceb:Abril 12
cv:Ð?ка, 12
co:12 d'aprile
cs:12. duben
cy:12 Ebrill
da:12. april
de:12. April
et:12. aprill
el:12 ΑπÏ?ιλίου
es:12 de abril
eo:12-a de aprilo
eu:Apirilaren 12
fo:12. aprÃl
fr:12 avril
fy:12 april
fur:12 di Avrîl
ga:12 Aibreán
gl:12 de abril
ko:4ì›” 12ì?¼
hr:12. travnja
io:12 di aprilo
id:12 April
ia:12 de april
ie:12 april
is:12. aprÃl
it:12 aprile
he:12 ב×?פריל
jv:12 April
ka:12 �პრილი
csb:12 łżëkwiôta
ku:12'ê avrêlê
lt:Balandžio 12
lb:12. Abrëll
li:12 april
hu:Ã?prilis 12
mk:12 април
ms:12 April
nap:12 'e abbrile
nl:12 april
ja:4月12日
no:12. april
nn:12. april
oc:12 d'abril
pl:12 kwietnia
pt:12 de Abril
ro:12 aprilie
ru:12 апрелÑ?
se:Cuoŋománu 12.
sco:12 Aprile
sq:12 Prill
scn:12 di aprili
simple:April 12
sk:12. aprÃl
sl:12. april
sr:12. април
fi:12. huhtikuuta
sv:12 april
tl:Abril 12
tt:12. Äpril
te:�ప�రిల� 12
th:12 เมษายน
vi:12 tháng 4
tr:12 Nisan
uk:12 квітнÑ?
ur:12 اپریل
wa:12 d' avri
war:Abril 12
zh:4月12日
pam:Abril 12
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