12th April anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1705
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of William Cookworthy, English chemist who found the China Clay in Cornwall and developed a way of processing it into fine porcelain." more
• event
  • 1606
  • Great Britain
  • Adoption of Union Flag as the flag of 'Great Britain'. more
  • 1633
  • Italy
  • "Galileo Galilei appears before the Inquisition for supporting the belief that the sun was the centre of the universe, his eventual guilty verdict resulted in lifelong house arrest." more
  • 1937
  • Great Britain
  • Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft more
  • 1954
  • United States
  • Bill Hailey and His Comets recorded Rock Around the Clock in a studio in New York City more
  • 1961
  • Russian Federation
  • Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space more
• Death
  • 65
  • Italy
  • "Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman dramatist and philosopher." more
  • 238
  • Italy
  • "To lose one Emperor is understandable, but two on the same day is unfortunate; Gordian I and Gordian II both died after the loss of the Battle of Carthage." more
  • 1748
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of William Kent, English architect" more
  • 1981
  • United States
  • "Death of Joe Louis, American boxer" more
  • 1989
  • United States
  • "Death of Sugar Ray Robinson, American world champion boxer" more
  • 1999
  • United States
  • "Death of Boxcar Willie, American country music singer" more