What happend on 12th April

11.04
13.04
2005

In Canada, a motion by the opposition Conservative Party to kill legislation opening the door for legalized same sex marriage is defeated 164-132.

2002

Coup d'Etat against Hugo Chávez in Venezuela

1998

Catastrophical earthquake in Slovenia in Posočje 5,6 on the Richter scale.

1994

Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.

1992

EuroDisney opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France.

1990

Christian Bernard, F.R.C., becomes Imperator of AMORC

1989

T.V Show Fast Forward starts on The ATN-7 Network (Australia)

1981

The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.

1980

Terry Fox began his trans-Canada marathon to raise money for cancer research (Marathon of Hope) by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland, aiming to dip it again in the Pacific Ocean at Vancouver, British Columbia.

1975

Khmer Rouge troops capture Phnom Penh, Cambodia