Anniversaries 12 April
Birth
![Ali al-Rida photo]()
eighth of the Twelve Imams
770–818
![Muhammad al-Taqi photo]()
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
811–835
![Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford photo]()
English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era
1550–1604
![Henry Clay photo]()
American politician from Kentucky
1777–1852
![Donald Grant Mitchell photo]()
American writer
1822–1908
![Edward Walter Maunder photo]()
English astronomer studying sunspots
1851–1928
![Ioannis Metaxas photo]()
Greek politician
1871–1941
![Pierre Piobb photo]()
French ophthalmologist (1874-1942)
1874–1942
![Gladys Taber photo]()
American writer
1899–1980
![Philip Wylie photo]()
American writer
1902–1971
![Jan Tinbergen photo]()
Dutch economist
1903–1994
![Claud Cockburn photo]()
Irish journalist
1904–1981
![Robert Lee Scott Jr. photo]()
Brigadier General in the United States Air Force
1908–2006
![Dilgo Khyentse photo]()
Bhutanese Buddhist Lama
1910–1991
![Armen Alchian photo]()
American economist
1914–2013
![Peter Newmark photo]()
English translation scholar
1916–2011
![Beverly Cleary photo]()
American writer of children's books
1916
![Anna Kamieńska photo]()
Poet, writer and translator
1920–1986
![Said Ramadan photo]()
Egyptian political activist
1926–1995
![James Hillman photo]()
American psychologist
1926–2011
![Bryan Magee photo]()
British politician
1930–2019
![John Hagee photo]()
American pastor, theologian and saxophonist
1940
![Jacob Zuma photo]()
4th President of South Africa
1942
![Tom Clancy photo]()
American author
1947–2013
![David Letterman photo]()
American comedian and actor
1947
![Donal McKeown photo]()
Roman Catholic bishop
1950
![Gary Soto photo]()
American poet and writer
1952
![Salam Fayyad photo]()
Palestinian politician
1952
![Chiu Kuo-cheng photo]()
Taiwanese military officer
1953
![Jon Krakauer photo]()
American outdoors writer and journalist
1954
![Andy García photo]()
American actor and director
1956
![Lisa Gerrard photo]()
Australian musician, singer and composer
1961
![Jennifer Morrison photo]()
American actress, model, film producer
1979
![Tulsi Gabbard photo]()
U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
1981
![Ted Ginn, Jr. photo]()
American football wide receiver, kick returner
1985
![Jamelle Bouie photo]()
American columnist and political correspondent
1987
Death
![Seneca the Younger photo]()
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
-4–65 BC
![Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet photo]()
French bishop and theologian
1627–1704
![Pietro Metastasio photo]()
Italian poet and librettist (born 3 January 1698, died 12 A…
1698–1782
![Charles Burney photo]()
English music historian
1726–1814
![Clara Barton photo]()
American Civil War nurse
1821–1912
![William M. Tweed photo]()
United States politician
1823–1878
![Thomas De Witt Talmage photo]()
American Presbyterian preacher, clergyman and reformer duri…
1832–1902
![William Graham Sumner photo]()
American academic
1840–1910
![Franklin D. Roosevelt photo]()
32nd President of the United States
1882–1945
![Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz photo]()
Philosopher, logician
1890–1963
![Igor Tamm photo]()
Russian physicist
1895–1971
![Alan Paton photo]()
South African writer and activist
1903–1988
![William Sloane Coffin photo]()
American activist
1924–2006
![John Maddox photo]()
Welsh chemist, physicist, journalist and editor
1925–2009
![Robert Byrne photo]()
American chess player and writer
1928–2013
![Arnold Wesker photo]()
British dramatist
1932–2016
![Brennan Manning photo]()
writer, American Roman Catholic priest and United States Ma…
1934–2013
![Abbie Hoffman photo]()
American political and social activist
1936–1989
![Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945) photo]()
Former English professional association footballer
1945–2019
![Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick photo]()
American academic
1950–2009
