Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 12
April 12: Yuri's Night, Cerealia
- 467 - Anthemius became Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 1633 - The formal interrogation of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition began.
- 1961 - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter outer space.
- artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean and began his trans-Canada run towards the Pacific Ocean to raise money for cancer research.
- space shuttle, was launched for its first flight.
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