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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

April 12 - The Day in History

April 12 : General Interest
1861: The Civil War begins

The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay... read more


American Revolution
1770 : British repeal hated Townshend Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-repeal-hated-townshend-act

Automotive
1888 : Founder of classic British sports car company is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/founder-of-classic-british-sports-car-company-is-born

Civil War
1861 : Fort Sumter fired upon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fort-sumter-fired-upon

Cold War
1945 : President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-franklin-d-roosevelt-dies

Crime
1633 : Galileo is convicted of heresy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convicted-of-heresy

Disaster
1908 : Fire threatens Massachusetts oil refineries
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-threatens-massachusetts-oil-refineries

General Interest
1864 : The Fort Pillow Massacre
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-fort-pillow-massacre
1945 : President Roosevelt dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-roosevelt-dies
1961 : First man in space
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-man-in-space
1981 : First launching of the space shuttle
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-launching-of-the-space-shuttle

Hollywood
1914 : First movie "palace" opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-movie-palace-opens

Literary
1949 : Legal thriller writer Scott Turow is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/legal-thriller-writer-scott-turow-is-born

Music
1954 : Bill Haley and the Comets record "Rock Around The Clock"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-haley-and-the-comets-record-quotrock-around-the-clockquot

Old West
1858 : First gentile governor arrives in Utah
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-gentile-governor-arrives-in-utah

Presidential
1945 : FDR dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies

Sports
1981 : Lawrence Taylor drafted by NY Giants
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lawrence-taylor-drafted-by-ny-giants

Vietnam War
1961 : Rostow recommends escalation of effort
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rostow-recommends-escalation-of-effort
1975 : U.S. Embassy in Cambodia evacuated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-embassy-in-cambodia-evacuated

World War I
1917 : Canadians capture Vimy Ridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/canadians-capture-vimy-ridge

World War II
1945 : Roosevelt dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-dies

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