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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day" title="Cosmonautics Day">Cosmonautics Day</a></b> in Russia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%27s_Night" title="Yuri's Night">Yuri's Night</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froberg_mutiny" title="Froberg mutiny">Froberg mutiny</a></b> of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_magazine" title="Gunpowder magazine">gunpowder magazine</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ricasoli" title="Fort Ricasoli">Fort Ricasoli</a>, Malta.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge" title="Broughton Suspension Bridge">Broughton Suspension Bridge</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, England, collapsed, reportedly because of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_resonance" title="Mechanical resonance">mechanical resonance</a> induced by troops marching in step across it.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> forces began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight" title="Operation Deny Flight">Operation Deny Flight</a></b> to enforce a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fly_zone" title="No-fly zone">no-fly zone</a> over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – The Guinea-Bissau military <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état">seized control in a coup</a></b> amid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_presidential_election" title="2012 Guinea-Bissau presidential election">a presidential election</a>, later handing power to a transitional administration under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Serifo_Nhamadjo" title="Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo">Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Four Chadian soldiers were killed in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Kidal_suicide_attack" title="2013 Kidal suicide attack">a suicide bombing</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadism" title="Jihadism">jihadist</a> rebels in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidal" title="Kidal">Kidal</a>, Mali.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ostrovsky" title="Alexander Ostrovsky">Alexander Ostrovsky</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1823); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_Fukuda" title="Keiko Fukuda">Keiko Fukuda</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1913); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Fakhrawi" title="Karim Fakhrawi">Karim Fakhrawi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2011)</p>
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