What are the important events that happened on April 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 12 is the 103rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 263 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 30, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,712,880,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatrigon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 292 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,130 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 12 Historical Events
1820 –
Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1865 –
American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
1877 –
The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
1917 –
World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1970 –
Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
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.
1998 –
An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
1999 –
US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2002 –
A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.
2009 –
Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their official currency.
Who were born on April 12?
1893 –
Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920)
1908 –
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot (d. 2006)
1912 –
Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
1916 –
Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007)
1933 –
Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano
1940 –
John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist
1956 –
Andy García, Cuban-born actor
1974 –
Belinda Emmett, Australian actor (d. 2006)
1980 –
Brian McFadden, Irish singer
1988 –
Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer
Who died on April 12?
45 BC –
Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general
1443 –
Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
1912 –
Clara Barton, American nurse and Red Cross advocate (b. 1821)
1945 –
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
1962 –
Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1981 –
Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)
1986 –
Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1987 –
Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (b. 1964)
1999 –
Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
2008 –
Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
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