April 12 in history: • 1776 – American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. → go there • 1961 – Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes. → go there • 1993 – Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council. → go there • 2013 – Four Chadian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing by jihadist rebels in Kidal, Mali. → go there Died 1256: Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre Wiki link Born 1916: Beverly Cleary Wiki link Born 1926: Jane Withers Wiki link Died 1966: Sydney Allard Wiki link Pictured: Yuri Gagarin.