This Day in History 12/04
APRIL 12TH
1557 – Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
1606 – England adopts the Union Flag, replaced in 1801 by current Union Flag/Union Jack
1877 – British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
1894 – British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
1946 – Syria gains independence from France
1961 – Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1973 – Sudan adopts constitution
1973 – Swaziland suspends constitution
1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d’etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
2009 – President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2012 – Civilian rule in Mali is returned after Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization Engineer (d. 1976)
1947 – David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
1979 – Claire Danes, NYC, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet)
FAMOUS DEATHS
1912 – Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
1945 – Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
1966 – Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1997 – George Wald, scientist, (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina) dies at 90.
2008 – Patrick ‘Paddy’ Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
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