óæå ïðîøëî 12 April

1945 : Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt


On April 12, 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. The Vice-President Harry S. Truman became the 33rd President of the United States.

1961 : First man in space


On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union managed to send a man into space. Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth for1 hour and 48 minutes.

1981 : First launch of space shuttle


On April 12, 1981, the U.S. launched the first reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

1992 : Openingof Euro Disney


On 12 April 1992, the Euro Disney theme park (renamed Disneyland Park) opened its doors to the public at Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris. This is the second Disney theme park to open outside the United States. Nearly 13 million people visit it each year.

2009 : State of emergency in Thailand


On 12 April 2009, the Thai government declared state of emergency after an escalation of tension among the protesters agains the regime.

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Youri Gagarine
I see Earth! It is so beautiful!

Äíè ðîæäåíèÿ : 12 April

Edward de Vere, comte d'Oxford, English poet and playwright (1550)
Edward Maunder, English astronomer (1851)
Harry Baur, French actor (1880)
Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1894)
Lily Pons, French american soprano (1898)
Louis Beel, Dutch politician (1902)
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., General in the United States Air Force, Flying Tiger (1908)
Keiko Fukuda, Japanese judo practitioner, 9th dan (1913)
Ann Miller, American actress, singer and dancer (1923)
Raymond Barre, French politician (1924)
Hardy Krüger, German actor (1928)
Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (1932)
Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (1933)
Herbie Hancock, American musician (1940)
Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa (1942)
Ed O'Neill, American actor (1946)
Tom Clancy, American writer (1947)
David Letterman, American television host (1947)
Joschka Fischer, German politician (1948)
Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman (1950)
David Cassidy, American actor and singer (1950)
Jean-Louis Aubert, French musician (1955)
Andy García, Cuban american actor (1956)
Carlos Sainz, Spanish racing driver (1962)
Shannen Doherty, American actress (1971)
Nicholas Brendon, American actor (1971)
Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer (1974)
Guy Berryman, Scottish musician (Coldplay) (1978)
Claire Danes, American actress (1979)
Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (1985)

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French writer (1704)
Charles Messier, French astronomer (1817)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1945)
Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize (1971)
Josephine Baker, American dancer (1975)
William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia (1980)
Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (1989)
Rajkumar, Indian actor (2006)

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Keep insects away


To keep insects away from your bed, your house or your kids' head, put essential oil of geranium on the places concerned.

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