This Day In History

April 12

St. Julius - - St. Gemma

1861  The Civil War begins when Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
1945  Franklin D. Roosevelt dies at age 63 in office, the only US President to serve 4 terms.
1955  The Salk vaccine against polio declared safe and effective.
1961  Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space and orbit earth before landing.
1964  Singer Chubby Checker marries former Miss World Catherina Lodders.
1981  The first NASA Space Shuttle, Columbia, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1985 Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Baily Circus were busted by federal inspectors when they declared that 4 animals were not unicorns, but goats with horns which had been surgically implanted.  

1777  Henry Clay, US Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams and three-time unsuccessful presidential candidate
1940  Jazz/Fusion Muscian Herbie Hancock
1947  Talk Show Host & Comedian David Letterman
1950  Actor/Singer David Cassidy

1957

• All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

• Come Go with Me - The Dell-Vikings

• Little Darlin' - The Diamonds

• Butterfly - Charlie Gracie

1966

• Soul & Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers

• Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful

• California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

• Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers

1975

• Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

• Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton

• Chevy Van - Sammy Johns

• Always Wanting You - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

1984

• Footloose - Kenny Loggins

• Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

• Against All Odds - Phil Collins

• Don't Make It Easy for Me - Earl Thomas Conley

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