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What happend on 12. April in History
In our data base we found 332 events happened on 12. April:
• 65: Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist [category: Deaths]
• 238: Gordian I, Roman Emperor [category: Deaths]
• 238: Gordian II [category: Deaths]
• 238: Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide. [category: Events]
• 352: Pope Julius I [category: Deaths]
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• 434: Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• 467: Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1125: Vladislaus I of Bohemia (b. 1065) [category: Deaths]
• 1204: The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. [category: Events]
• 1443: Henry Chichele, English archbishop, [category: Deaths]
• 1484: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) [category: Births]
• 1500: Joachim Camerarius, German scholar (d. 1574) [category: Births]
• 1526: Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) [category: Births]
• 1550: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (d. 1604) [category: Births]
• 1550: Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (b. 1496) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Joanna of Castile, wife of Philip I of Castile (b. 1479) [category: Deaths]
• 1557: Cuenca is founded in Ecuador. [category: Events]
• 1577: Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1606: The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1675: Richard Bennett, British politician, Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
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• 1684: Nicolò Amati, Italian luthier and member of the Amati family (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: Ambrose Dixon, American Quaker pioneer (b. c. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b. 1627) [category: Deaths]
• 1705: William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1710: Caffarelli, Italian castrato and opera singer (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1713: Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1716: Felice Giardini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1722: Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1724: Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and statesman, signer of United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1726: Charles Burney, English historian (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1748: Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1748: William Kent, English architect (b. c. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1760: Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1776: American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. [category: Events]
• 1777: Henry Clay, American statesman (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1782: Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Carlo Antonio Campioni, French composer (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English statesman (d. 1840) [category: Births]
• 1794: Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1795: Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: George N. Briggs, American politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1799: Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1801: Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1814: Charles Burney, English historian (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: Charles Messier, French astronomer (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. [category: Events]
• 1823: Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1831: Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse. [category: Events]
• 1839: Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1848: José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1850: Adoniram Judson, American missionary (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1852: Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1856: William Martin Conway, English art critic and mountaineer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurred, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1865: American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. [category: Events]
• 1866: Princess Viktoria of Prussia (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1866: Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English landowner, developer and Member of Parliament, founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1869: Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1871: Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1872: Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: William B. Bankhead, American politician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1877: The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. [category: Events]
• 1878: William M. Tweed, American politician (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Dally Messenger, Australian footballer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1884: Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1884: Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1887: Harold Lockwood, American actor (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1888: Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1892: Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1893: Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1894: Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese politician and soldier, 13th President of Portugal (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1898: Lily Pons, American soprano (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1898: Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Lowell Stockman, American politician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1902: Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1902: Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1906: Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, CIE, eminent Sanskrit scholar, academic administrator, philanthropist and social reformer (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1907: Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1908: Ida Crowe Pollock, English writer [category: Births]
• 1908: Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1910: The SMS Zrinyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. [category: Events]
• 1911: Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal(d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1912: Frank Dilio, Canadian hockey administrator (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1912: Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1912: Hound Dog Taylor, American singer and guitarist (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1912: Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1912: Clara Barton, American teacher, patent clerk, nurse, and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross(b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist [category: Births]
• 1914: Armen Alchian, American economist [category: Births]
• 1916: Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Beverly Cleary, American writer [category: Births]
• 1916: Russell Garcia, American composer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1917: Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. [category: Events]
• 1919: Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1919: István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and magistrate (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ann Miller, American actor and dancer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: Raymond Barre, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1925: Joe Bowman, American and marksman and boot-maker (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ned Miller, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1927: April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. [category: Events]
• 1928: Hardy Krüger, German actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Jean-François Paillard, French conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Manuel Neri, American artist [category: Births]
• 1930: Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1931: Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1932: Dennis Banks, American-Indian activist [category: Births]
• 1932: Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1932: Tiny Tim, American singer, ukulele player, and archivist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1933: Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano [category: Births]
• 1933: Adelbert Ames, American general and politician (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1934: The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. [category: Events]
• 1935: Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1935: First flight of the Bristol Blenheim. [category: Events]
• 1936: Charles Napier, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1937: Igor Volk, Soviet astronaut [category: Births]
• 1937: Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. [category: Events]
• 1938: Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Alan Ayckbourn, English writer [category: Births]
• 1939: Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1940: Herbie Hancock, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer [category: Births]
• 1940: John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist [category: Births]
• 1941: Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1942: Carlos Reutemann, Argentine race car driver and politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Jacob Zuma, African politician, President of South Africa [category: Births]
• 1944: Georgios Balanos, Greek translator, author and publisher [category: Births]
• 1944: John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (The Sparrows and Steppenwolf) [category: Births]
• 1945: Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organization (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President. [category: Events]
• 1946: Ed O'Neill, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, English politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Alex Briley, American singer (Village People) [category: Births]
• 1947: Antonin Kratochvil, Czech-American photographer [category: Births]
• 1947: Dan Lauria, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1947: Tom Clancy, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Wayne Northrop, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1948: Jeremy Beadle, English television host (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1948: Joschka Fischer, German politician, Vice Chancellor of Germany [category: Births]
• 1948: Lois Reeves, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas) [category: Births]
• 1948: Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach [category: Births]
• 1949: Scott Turow, American writer [category: Births]
• 1950: David Cassidy, American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Partridge Family) [category: Births]
• 1950: Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman [category: Births]
• 1951: Tom Noonan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Ralph Wiley, American journalist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1952: Reuben Gant, American football player [category: Births]
• 1953: Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist and actor (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Jon Krakauer, American author [category: Births]
• 1954: Pat Travers, Canadian singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1955: The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. [category: Events]
• 1956: Andy García, Cuban actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Greg Child, Australian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1957: Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and musician (Pure Prairie League and The Notorious Cherry Bombs) [category: Births]
• 1958: Howard Stableford, English actor and host [category: Births]
• 1958: Will Sergeant, English guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen and Electrafixion) [category: Births]
• 1960: Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1961: Charles Mann, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Enedina Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker [category: Births]
• 1961: Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer, musician, and composer (Dead Can Dance) [category: Births]
• 1961: Magda Szubanski, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1961: The Russian (Soviet) cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1). [category: Events]
• 1962: Art Alexakis, American singer, composer, and guitarist (Everclear, Colorfinger, and The Easy Hoes) [category: Births]
• 1962: Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1962: Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, Mexican journalist [category: Births]
• 1963: The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits. [category: Events]
• 1964: Amy Ray, American singer-songwriter (Indigo Girls) [category: Births]
• 1965: Kim Bodnia, Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Mihai Stoica, Romanian football manager [category: Births]
• 1965: Tom O'Brien, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: Mellow Man Ace, American rapper (Cypress Hill) [category: Births]
• 1967: Sarah Cracknell, English singer (Saint Etienne) [category: Births]
• 1968: Adam Graves, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Alicia Coppola, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Toby Gad, German-American songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah. [category: Events]
• 1969: Jörn Lenz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Lucas Radebe, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1970: Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board. [category: Events]
• 1971: Nicholas Brendon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Nick Hexum, American singer and musician (311) [category: Births]
• 1971: Shannen Doherty, American actress, producer, director, and author [category: Births]
• 1971: Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Dimitrios Kokotis, Greek high jumper [category: Births]
• 1972: Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1973: Antonio Osuna, Mexican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Christina Moore, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Claudia Jordan, American model [category: Births]
• 1973: J. Scott Campbell, American writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1973: Arthur Freed, American lyricist and producer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Belinda Emmett, Australian actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1974: Marley Shelton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Roman Hamrlík, Czech hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Josephine Baker, American dancer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Brad Miller, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Glenn Rogers, Scottish cricketer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jason Price, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jordana Spiro, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Sarah Jane Morris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Phil Wrigley, American manufacturer and baseball executive (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Cheeming Boey, Malaysian artist [category: Births]
• 1978: Guy Berryman, Scottish musician and businessman (Coldplay and Apparatjik) [category: Births]
• 1978: Riley Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Claire Danes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1979: Jennifer Morrison, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1979: Jordan De Jong, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Paul Nicholls, English actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter (Westlife) [category: Births]
• 1980: Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1980: Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country. [category: Events]
• 1980: Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland. [category: Events]
• 1981: Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1981: Grant Holt, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Japanese founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place - the STS-1 mission. [category: Events]
• 1982: Deen, Bosnian singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1983: Dwayne Smith, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Genta Ismajli, a Kosovan-Albanian singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jelena Dokić, Serbian-Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Edwin T. Layton, American naval officer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Brennan Boesch, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Hangry & Angry) [category: Births]
• 1985: James Alexandrou, English actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model [category: Births]
• 1985: Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter (Serebro) [category: Births]
• 1985: Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Athena Lundberg, American model [category: Births]
• 1986: Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Lorena, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Brendon Urie, American singer-songwriter and musician (Panic at the Disco) [category: Births]
• 1987: Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Shawn Gore, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jessie James, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1988: Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Stephen Brogan, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Alan Paton, South African writer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Colette Deréal, French actress and singer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Dominic Roco, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Felix Roco, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Miguel Ángel Ponce, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Abbie Hoffman, American activist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Francesca Halsall, British swimmer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
• 1991: Magnus Paajarvi, Swedish hockey player] [category: Births]
• 1991: Oliver Norwood, Northern Irish association footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1993: Dorial Green-Beckham, American football player [category: Births]
• 1993: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1994: Airi Suzuki, Japanese actress and singer (Cute and Buono! [category: Births]
• 1994: Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam. [category: Events]
• 1997: George Wald, American scientist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec. [category: Events]
• 1999: Boxcar Willie, American singer and songwriter (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Marion Pruett, American spree killer (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. [category: Events]
• 2000: Suzanna von Nathusius, Polish actress [category: Births]
• 2001: Harvey Ball, American artist and designer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and academic (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104. [category: Events]
• 2003: Sydney Lassick, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, translator, and media personality (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kevin Crease, Australian news anchor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Patrick Hillery, Irish politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their official currency. [category: Events]
• 2010: Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people. [category: Events]
• 2011: Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 45_bc: Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general [category: Deaths]
• 599_bc: Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism (d. 527 BC) [category: Births]
• _: Alferius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cosmonautics Day (Russia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Erkembode [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Global Day of Action on Military Spending [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Halifax Day (North Carolina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Julius I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Cerealia (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Yuri's Night (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Zeno of Verona [category: Holidays and observances]