Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF Date: April 12, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 12, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed. Date: April 12, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission. Date: April 12, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago. Date: April 12, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites. Date: April 12, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in Norway, killing five people. Date: April 12, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 12, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅…
The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris. Date: April 12, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people. Date: April 12, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)