Today in History
Listings for Friday, April 12, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1777 Henry Clay, 'The Great Compromiser'
- 1791 Francis P. Blair, helped found the Republican Party.
- 1794 G.P. Dandelin --1847
- 1852 C.F. von Lindemann --1939
- 1913 Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader and vibraphone improvisor
- 1923 Ann Miller
- 1930 Tiny Tim
- 1940 Herbie Hancock
- 1947 David Letterman
- 1947 Tom Clancy
- 1950 David Cassidy
- 1956 Andy Garcia
- 1971 Shannen Doherty
- 1979 Claire Danes
Events:
- 1204 4th Crusade sacks Constantinople
- 1861 Fort Sumter, S. C., shelled by Confederacy, starts Civil War.
- 1877 British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
- 1898 Army transfers Yerba Buena Island to Navy.
- 1933 Moffatt Field (Naval Air Station) is commissioned.
- 1938 First US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses, NY
- 1955 Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; four billion dimes marched
- 1961 Cosmonaut Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes first man in orbit.
- 1981 Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia.
That's all for today.
