Births on April 12

Svetlana Lapina

Born on April 12, 1978

Svetlana Lapina, Russian high jumper

Svetlana Mikhailovna Lapina (Russian: Светлана Михайловна Лапина); born 12 April 1978) is a Russian high jumper.

Her personal best jump was 1.99 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, where she won a surprising bronze medal.

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Events on 1978

11 Feb

Aristotle
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
27 Apr

Watergate scandal
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
25 Jul

In vitro fertilisation
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
22 Oct

Pope John Paul II
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
18 Nov

Jim Jones
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Births on April 12

Svetlana Lapina

Born on April 12, 1978

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Events on 1978

Aristotle

Watergate scandal

In vitro fertilisation

Pope John Paul II

Jim Jones