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What Happened on April 12th This Day in History

Year	Name
2014	The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
2013	Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
2010	Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
2009	Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
2007	A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
2002	A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
1999	United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
1992	The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
1990	Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
1983	Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
1981	The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
1980	The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
1980	Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
1980	Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
1970	Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
1963	The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
1961	Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
1955	The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
1945	U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
1945	World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
1937	Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
1934	The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
1934	The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
1928	The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1927	Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1927	Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
1917	World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1910	SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1900	One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
1877	The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
1865	American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
1864	American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
1862	American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
1861	American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
1831	Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
1820	Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1807	The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
1776	American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
1606	The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
1204	The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
1012	Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír, who flees to Poland.
627	King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
467	Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
240	Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.

Famous People Born on April 12

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Year	Name
1902	Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
811	Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (d. 835)
1883	Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (d. 1959)
1612	Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and engraver (d. 1648)
1985	Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1972	Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player and sportscaster
1892	Henry Darger, American writer and artist (d. 1973)
1968	Toby Gad, German songwriter and producer
1942	Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa
1983	Luke Kibet, Kenyan runner

Famous People Deaths On April 12

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 12. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
2014	Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (b. 1947)
1986	Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
434	Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinople
2007	Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)
2010	Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916)
1937	Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
1933	Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
1912	Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
1999	Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2004	Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)