April 12

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 12. From 1900 until now. April 12 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Shannen Doherty (1971), David Letterman (1947) and Claire Danes (1979). Several movies were released around April 12 over the years, such as All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930 directed by Lewis Milestone and Kagemusha in 1980 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on April 12 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Julius I
Saint Zeno of Verona
Saint Erkembode
Saint Damian
Yuri's Night, an international celebration of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin; in Russia (and formerly in USSR), the Cosmonautics Day.
The Roman holiday of Cerealia begins.
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Events

2019 2019 Quetta bombing: Twenty one people are killed and about fifty others injured in a suicide bombing at a market in Quetta, Pakistan. (CNN)
2018 Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons states it agrees with UK authorities on their analysis of the identity of the toxic chemical used against the Skripals. The UK identifies the substance as a Novichok nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia. (BBC) (OPCW)
2017 Ten people are killed in Inabanga, Bohol, in the Philippines' Central Visayas, after the country's National Police and Armed Forces clash with suspected members of Abu Sayyaf. (CNN Philippines)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): The Taliban announces its annual spring offensive to be named "Operation Omari". (Voice of America)
2015 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): Islamic militants attack the South Korean embassy in Tripoli killing two guards and leaving another injured. (Yonhap)
2014 Palestinian-Israeli conflict: The Palestinian Authority signs 15 UN/Geneva human rights treaties including the Fourth Geneva Convention. Israel responds with sanctions. Peace talks continue. (BBC) (Reuters)
2013 War in Afghanistan (2001–present):: Thirteen soldiers of the Afghan National Army are killed and one is injured in an ambush in the eastern Kunar Province. (CNN) (AP via ABC News)
2012 Mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau stage a coup d'état and take control of the capital city, Bissau. They arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira and leading presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior in the midst of a presidential election campaign.ref name=quotapquot
2011 2011 Libyan civil war: Muammar Gaddafi's forces attack the eastern front line and shell the city of Misrata. (MSNBC)
2010 Sudan's landmark elections are extended by two days after delays delivering ballot papers. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2009 U.S. Navy rescues Captain Richard Phillips killing three pirates, and capturing a fourth.
2008 The National Assembly of Haiti removes the Prime Minister of Haiti Jacques-Edouard Alexis following a week of food riots in which six deaths had occurred. (Los Angeles Times)
2007 In the USA, Don Imus is fired by CBS for making controversial comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
2006 United Front for Democratic Change rebels approach N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. (BBC)
2005 A 15-year Palestinian boy was caught in Hawara checkpoint (near Nablus), hiding five pipe bombs under his coat. He apparently tried to ignite them with a match when the soldiers apprehended him. Soldiers later pose for photographs with the boy. His brother says he did so in order to study for his high-school matriculation exams in an Israeli prison.
2004 Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez states that the mission of the U.S. forces is to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr. (Defenselink)
2003 Looting and lawlessness plague Baghdad. Hospitals looted, humanitarian aid hindered by unsafe conditions.
2002 Coup d'état in Venezuela. President Hugo Chávez is brought to military barracks. Military announces transitional government consisting of mix of civilians and military headed by leader of the Chamber of Commerce (Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce), Pedro Carmona, who immediately repeals constitution, dissolves supreme court and parliament.
1998 62nd Golf Masters Championship: Mark O'Meara wins.
1996 Jessica Dubroff, aged 7, is killed in a crash near Cheyenne, Wyoming, while attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States.
1995 Young fascist give the Nazi salute at the funeral of Mussolini's daughter.
1992 Streetcar Named Desire opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 performances
1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs on US TV.
1990 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1988 Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California.
1987 Texaco files for bankruptcy.
1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines.
1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D) - Discovery 4 launched with Senator Jake Garn
1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender / WRAL Golf Classic
1980 BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth.
1976 India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, six wickets 7 overs spare.
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases When Will I Be Loved
1973 Sudan adopts constitution.
1971 Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan.
1969 Simon and Garfunkel releases Boxer
1968 In Schenectady, New York, USA a house is hit by a falling meteorite.
1967 The Ahmanson Theatre opens in Los Angeles.
1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1965 Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at age 43.
1964 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276.
1963 Birmingham, Alabama, police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators.
1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
1961 Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1960 Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for Glass
1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1957 Jim Spalding sets a 2088-pin nine-game bowling record.
1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon.
1955 1st game in Kansas City, Athletics beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1954 Joe Turner releases Shake, Rattle & Roll
1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government.
1951 Israeli Knesset officially designates April 13 as Holocaust Day.
1946 Syria gains independence from France
1945 Richard Strauss completes his Metamorphosis
1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan.
1941 WWII: German troops enter Belgrade.
1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards.
1938 First US law requiring medical tests (syphilis test) for marriage licenses (New York).
1937 ''NLRB v. Jones amp Laughlin Steel'': The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the National Labor Relations Act is constitutional.
1935 Your Hit Parade, debuts on radio
1934 The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
1933 Moffatt Field commissioned
1932 Emmanuel Chabriers and Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
1931 Spanish voters reject the monarchy.
1928 Assassination attempt on King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
1927 April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms.
1923 The ''Kandersteg International Scout Centre'' comes into existence.
1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages.
1917 Domenico Scarlatti and Jean Cocteau's ballet premieres in Rome.
1910 The SMS Zrinyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts.
1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns.
1905 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter.
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