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)
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. Date: April 12, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104. Date: April 12, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 12, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency. Date: April 12, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28. Date: April 12, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)