April 12


Sunday 12, 1998:

Catastrophical earthquake in Slovenia in Poso?je 5,6 on the Richter scale.


Wednesday 12, 1961:

Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space.


Friday 12, 1946:

Syria gains independence from France


Friday 12, 1861:

American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina


Tuesday 12, 1633:

The formal interrogation by the Inquisition of Galileo Galilei begins.


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