Dates of Historical Note in 2012 - Page 2
24 - Disney and France sign contracts to build Disneyland Paris (1987)
26 - 7.7 earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela (1812)
27 - Tokyo, Japan gives Washington, D.C. 3,000 cherry trees (1912)
30 - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother died at 101 years old (2002)
APRIL
6 - New York slave revolt kills nine white people (1712 - 21 African Americans were arrested, found guilty, and executed)
10 - The unchristened RMS Titanic sets sail on maiden voyage (1912) and 1st major league baseball game played at Dodger Stadium (1962)
14- RMS Titanic strikes iceberg (1912)
15 - RMS Titanic sinks killing 1,514 people (1912)
17 - US & South Korea to split command of forces in that country (2012)
20 - Baseball's Fenway Park and Tiger Stadium open (1912)
23 - Ranger 4 (Moon probe) is launched (1962)
26 - Ranger 4, with failed electronics, crashes into the Moon (1962)
30 - Louisiana is admitted as 18th State (1812)
MAY
1 - 1st Target store opens (1962)
12 - World Expo opens in South Korea (2012)
20 - Annular Eclipse across western United States (2012)
22 - An in-flight bomb brings down Continental Airlines Flight #11 (1962)
24 - Scott Carpenter is the 2nd American to orbit Earth (1962)
26 - Planetary probe Odyssey finds evidence of significant water on Mars (2002)
28 - 19 year-old West German lands plane in Red Square (1987)
JUNE
3 - Air France 007 crash kills 130 (1962)
5 - Venus transits the Sun. The next transit will not be for over 100 years (2012)
11 - 3 escape from Alcatraz (1962)
12 - President Reagan, in Berlin, tells Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (1987) and Napoleon invades Russia (1812)
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