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APRIL12TH I was born

April 12, 1998 62nd Golf Masters Championship:
April 12, 1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore New York City for 137 performances
April 12, 1992 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61
April 12, 1992 Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
April 12, 1992 New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
April 12, 1992 Trump Shuttle becomes U.S. Air Shuttle
April 12, 1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss
April 12, 1988 Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse
April 12, 1988 Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs California
April 12, 1987 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
April 12, 1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
April 12, 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
April 12, 1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
April 12, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
April 12, 1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot
April 12, 1981 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
April 12, 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
April 12, 1981 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
April 12, 1981 Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia
April 12, 1975 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
April 12, 1973 France recognizes North Vietnam
April 12, 1973 Sudan adopts constitution
April 12, 1973 Swaziland suspends constitution
April 12, 1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio
April 12, 1969 Simon and Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
April 12, 1966 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
April 12, 1964 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
April 12, 1963 Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
April 12, 1963 Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
April 12, 1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area
April 12, 1961 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4
April 12, 1960 Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
April 12, 1960 Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
April 12, 1959 13th Tony Awards: J B and Redhead win
April 12, 1958 12th NBA Championship: St. Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
April 12, 1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
April 12, 1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
April 12, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
April 12, 1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
April 12, 1955 1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
April 12, 1954 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
April 12, 1954 Bill Haley and Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
April 12, 1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
April 12, 1953 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
April 12, 1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
April 12, 1946 Syria gains independence from France
April 12, 1945 Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands
April 12, 1945 Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
April 12, 1945 Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
April 12, 1945 U.S. liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
April 12, 1944 Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in New York City
April 12, 1943 Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
April 12, 1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
April 12, 1942 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
April 12, 1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
April 12, 1940 Italy annexes Albania
April 12, 1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
April 12, 1938 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
April 12, 1938 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
April 12, 1935 "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
April 12, 1935 Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
April 12, 1935 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
April 12, 1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph
April 12, 1933 Moffatt Field commissioned
April 12, 1932 Emmanuel Chabriers and Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
April 12, 1931 Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager
April 12, 1930 Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
April 12, 1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
April 12, 1927 Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
April 12, 1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
April 12, 1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
April 12, 1917 Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St. New York City (Demolished 1982)
April 12, 1917 Domenico Scarlatti and Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
April 12, 1911 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
April 12, 1909 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
April 12, 1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
April 12, 1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
April 12, 1905 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
April 12, 1905 Hippodrome arena opens in New York City