12 April
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12 April was a date.
In 1877, at a small ceremony, Henry Rider Haggard read aloud the proclamation that announced the annexation of the Transvaal into the British Empire. (PROSE: White Man's Burden [+]Loading...["White Man's Burden (short story)"])
In 1929, The Daily Telegraph reported that Lord Barset's expedition to Antarctica was lost following their claim to have found a lost city of sentient reptiles. (COMIC: City of Devils [+]Loading...["City of Devils (comic story)"], AUDIO: Frozen Time [+]Loading...["Frozen Time (audio story)"])
In 1961, the first official manned spaceflight was performed by Yuri Gagarin. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])