On this day: 12 April

Selected events and births on 12 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1776 – American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. Read more: American Revolution North Carolina Provincial Congress Halifax Resolves
• 1961 – Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes. Read more: Vostok 1 Astronaut Yuri Gagarin
• 1973 – About 1,700 gravediggers in New York City began a 12-week strike, causing a delay in the burial of roughly 1,400 bodies in the city. Read more: Gravedigger New York City 1973 New York City gravediggers' strike
• 1980 – Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research. Read more: Terry Fox St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Prosthesis

Born on this day

• 1936 – Kennedy Simmonds, Kittitian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis Read more: Kennedy Simmonds List of prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1942 – Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa Read more: Jacob Zuma President of South Africa
• 1943 – Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha Read more: Sumitra Mahajan Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• 1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO Read more: George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen Secretary General of NATO
• 1954 – John Faulkner, Australian educator and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Defence Read more: John Faulkner Minister for Defence (Australia)
• 1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle Read more: Nobuhiko Takada Hustle (professional wrestling)
• 1978 – Guy Berryman, Scottish bassist (Coldplay) Read more: Guy Berryman Coldplay
• 1994 – Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer Read more: Eric Bailly
• 1994 – Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer Read more: Isabelle Drummond
• 1995 – Pedro Cachin, Argentine tennis player Read more: Pedro Cachin
• 1996 – Jan Bednarek, Polish footballer Read more: Jan Bednarek
• 1996 – Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player Read more: Matteo Berrettini

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