On This Day, April 12th

 OTD

April 12th is the One Hundred-Second Day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 263 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

627 – King Edwin of North Umbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.

1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breached the walls of Constantinople and entered the city, which they occupied entirely the following day.

1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships

1807 – The Froberg mutiny in Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.

1861—American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war began with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.

1927 – Rocksprings, Texas, is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205: the third deadliest tornado in Texas history.

1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby, England.

1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman became President upon Roosevelt's death.

1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

1961 – Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.

1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.

1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opened with its theme park, Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name were subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.

2014 – The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.

 

 

Birthdays

1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica (d. 1546)

1639 – Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician (d. 1712)

1777 – Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)

1883 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator (d. 1976)

1898 – Lily Pons, French American soprano and actress (d. 1976)

1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)

1932 – Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (d. 1996)

1940 – Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer, and bandleader

1947 – Tom Clancy, American historian and author (d. 2013)

1954 – Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1957 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1981 – Tulsi Gabbard, American politician

 

 

Holidays And Observance

Yuri's Night

Yuri's Night is a global celebration initiated by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, George T. Whitesides, and Trish Garner during the Space Generation Forum at the UNISPACE III conference 1999. The idea behind the event is to commemorate the launch of Sputnik I. 2000, the first Yuri's Night event held in Los Angeles. Still, the spirit of celebration was open to more than one location as participants from the Space Generation Forum hosted their own celebrations simultaneously across the globe, giving birth to The World Space Party.

 

Yuri's Night is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to educating and developing future generations of explorers. The organization organizes events, hosts projects, and encourages exploring new ideas. The day combines space-themed partying with education and outreach. These celebrations are organized to commemorate Yuri Gagarin, who became the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961. This also includes celebrating the inaugural launch of the first space shuttle on April 12, 1981. Yuri's Night supports central event organizers around the planet with information, logos, multimedia, and publicity. These events can range from an all-night experience of techno and technology at a NASA Center to a movie showing and stargazing to a gathering of friends at a bar or barbecue. The live webcasts of the events include a range of guests, including artists, astronauts, musicians, Mars scientists, and cultural icons.

 

The mission of Yuri's Night is to encourage leaders to pursue their dreams, build communities based on a shared vision, bridge social and cultural barriers, and promote science literacy. Yuri's Night aims to create 'the Overview Effect' by inspiring individuals to take ownership of our planet and humanity's future.

 

Others Include.

Big Wind Day

Day of Silence

D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything and Read)

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

Halifax Day (Local Observance in Halifax, North Carolina)

International Day for Street Children

International Day of Human Space Flight

National Dive Bar Day

National Donate Life (Blue and Green) Day

National Licorice Day

National Only Child Day

Poet in a Cupcake Day

Russian Cosmonaut Day

Walk on Your Wild Side Day

Wear a Star Day 

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