April 12
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1980
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.
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The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
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Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
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Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites.
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Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in Norway, killing five people.
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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.
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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.
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During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people.
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A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
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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.
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Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
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Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
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1996Jan Bednarek, Polish footballer
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1996Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player
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1995Pedro Cachin, Argentine tennis player
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1994Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer
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1994Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer
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1994Guido Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
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1994Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress
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1994Sehun, South Korean musician
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1993Robin Anderson, American tennis player
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1993Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
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1992Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
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1992The Vivienne, Welsh drag queen (died 2025)
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