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On This Day In History for April 12, 2023

This is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 263 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1928, that The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, took off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west

Also on April 12, 1937, Sir Frank Whittle ground-tested the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England

That same date in 1955, The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was declared safe and effective

Also on April 12, 1961, The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1

On April 12, 1980, Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John’s, NF

It was on this date in 1981, that The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) took place: The STS-1 mission

Jim Gary’s “Twentieth Century Dinosaurs” exhibition opened at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there on this date in 1990

It was also this date in 1992 that The Euro Disney Resort officially opened with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park’s name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English naturalist and physician, Martin Lister, born on this date in 1639.

Belgian mathematician and engineer, Germinal Pierre Dandelin was born 229 years ago today.

Born April 12, 1852, German mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann.

Imogen Cunningham, the American photographer and educator was born 140 years ago today.

German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Otto Meyerhof was born 139 years ago today.

Evelyn Berezin, the American computer scientist and engineer was born 98 years ago today.

Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Igor Volk was born 86 years ago today.

Also born on that same date in 1940,  American pianist, composer, and bandleader, Herbie Hancock.

American historian and author, Tom Clancy was born 76 years ago today.

American comedian and talk show host, David Letterman is 76 today.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Danny Harnish

16 – Donna Tomasi

18 – Skaifey (Anthony)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 12, 2023

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