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Events from History on April 12

1992 : "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs
1935 : "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
1863 : -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1985 : 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1966 : 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1709 : 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
1990 : 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament,
1911 : 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1811 : 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA
1938 : 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1991 : 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1986 : 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1982 : 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1989 : 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker
1204 : 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
1930 : 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
1998 : 62nd Golf Masters Championship:
1990 : acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
1992 : Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
1943 : Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
1898 : Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy
1928 : Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
1966 : Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1956 : Bandaranaike govt forms in Ceylon
1893 : Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen
1782 : Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
1864 : Battle of Blair's Landing LA
1980 : BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1963 : Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
1954 : Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1907 : Belgium govt of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1917 : Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
1954 : Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1960 : Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1963 : Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1894 : British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
1877 : British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
1919 : British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
1945 : Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth
1893 : chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
1864 : Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
1988 : Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1917 : Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1961 : Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1926 : Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1943 : Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1713 : Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
1992 : Earthquake rocks Germany
1932 : Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
1981 : Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1606 : England adopts Union Jack as its flag
1654 : England, Ireland & Scotland united
1992 : Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1908 : Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1958 : Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1861 : Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
1959 : France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1973 : France recognizes North Vietnam
1988 : Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
1905 : French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1545 : French king Fran‡ois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1883 : French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
1927 : Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1892 : George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
1935 : Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
1990 : Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1857 : Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
1776 : Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
1983 : Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1945 : Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1988 : Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1887 : Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo
1859 : Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
1905 : Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1951 : Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1940 : Italy annexes Albania
1862 : James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
1990 : James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1942 : Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
1872 : Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)
1931 : Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
1954 : Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
1385 : John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant
1953 : KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1944 : Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC
1975 : Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1992 : Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
1981 : Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1992 : Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
1980 : Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1933 : Moffatt Field commissioned
1869 : North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1989 : Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1787 : Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
1909 : Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
1065 : Pilgrims under bishop Gnther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
1111 : Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
1229 : Queen Blanche of Castili‰ & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
1945 : Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
1966 : Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1935 : Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
1952 : Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1955 : Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
1962 : San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
1969 : Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
1988 : Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif
1979 : Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1931 : Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1973 : Sudan adopts constitution
1973 : Swaziland suspends constitution
1946 : Syria gains independence from France
1987 : Texaco files for bankruptcy
1844 : Texas became a US territory
1770 : Townsend Acts repealed
1992 : Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1862 : Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1648 : University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens
1991 : US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1938 : US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1945 : US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
1941 : Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler
1826 : Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London
1930 : Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1385 : Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stouts daughter Margaretha (10)
1583 : William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
1970 : Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1961 : Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)

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