This undated file photo shows Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 32nd President of the United States, and the only president who served more than two terms, tragically passed away that day in 1945. (AP photo)
Today is Monday, April 12th, the 102nd day of 2021. There are still 263 days in the year.
On April 12, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral haemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, aged 63. He was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.
The Civil War began in 1861 when the Confederate Forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
In 1877, the catcher mask was first used in a baseball game by James Tyng of Harvard in a game against the Lynn Live Oaks .
In 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space and orbited the earth once before landing safely.
In 1963, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama. He was charged with disobeying the court and performing without permission. (During his time behind bars, King wrote his « Letter from Birmingham Prison ».)
In 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia took off from Cape Canaveral on its first test flight. Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, 66, died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1988 the US Patent and Trademark Office of Harvard University granted a patent for a genetically modified mouse. For the first time a patent was granted for an animal life form.
Former boxing champ Sugar Ray Robinson died in 1989 at the age of 67 in Culver City, California. Radical activist Abbie Hoffman was found dead at his home in New Hope, Pennsylvania at the age of 52.
At its first session in 1990, the first democratically elected East German parliament recognized responsibility for the Nazi Holocaust and asked forgiveness for Jews and others who had suffered.
In 2009, American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips was rescued by US Navy snipers from Somali pirates who shot three of the hostage-takers. Angel Cabrera was the first Argentine to win the Masters.
In 2015, Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to presidential politics and announced in a video her long-awaited second campaign for the White House. Jordan Spieth raged with a record performance at the Masters for his first major championship, shooting an 18-under-270 to become the first wire-to-wire green jacket winner since 1976.
Ten years ago: Japan ranked considered its nuclear crisis most severe internationally – on the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – despite insisting that radiation leaks at its tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant be reduced. The state of Ohio executed two-time murderer Clarence Carter for beating and trampling a fellow inmate in jail. Roaring cannons, plaintive music and muffled crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War during morning ceremonies in Charleston, South Carolina.
Five years ago: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told 1,500 Marines and Sailors at camp Pendleton, Calif., That the Pentagon’s decision to have women fight for all military combat positions is as irreversible as previous decrees to integrate blacks and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly. Actress Anne Jackson, who often appeared on stage with her husband Eli Wallach in comedies and classics, died in New York at the age of 90. David Gest, music producer and former husband of Liza Minnelli, died in London at the age of 62.
One year ago: Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday, which was isolated from the coronavirus in their homes. St. Peter’s Square was barricaded to keep the crowds out. Pope Francis celebrated Easter mass in the largely empty basilica, called for global solidarity in the face of the pandemic and called on political leaders to give hope and opportunity to people who had lost their jobs. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from a London hospital after being treated for the coronavirus. Former golfer Doug Sanders died in Houston at the age of 86. He was a four-time runner-up in a major and was dubbed the “peacock of the fairways” because of the bright colors he wore on the golf course.
Today’s birthdays: Actor Jane Withers is 95 years old. The playwright Alan Ayckbourn is 82 years old. The jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 81 years old. Rock singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 77 years old. The actor Ed O’Neill is 75 years old. The actor Dan Lauria is 74 years old. Talk show host David Letterman is 74 years old. The author Scott Turow is 72 years old. The actor and playwright Tom Noonan is 70 years old. R&B’s singer JD Nicholas (The Commodores) is 69 years old. The singer Pat Travers is 67 years old. The actor Andy Garcia is 65 years old. The film director Walter Salles is 65 years old Vince Gill is 64 years old. Actor Suzzanne Douglas is 64 years old. Model / TV personality J Alexander is 63 years old. Rock musician Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen) is 63 years old. The rock singer Art Alexakis (Everclear) is 59 years old. Country singer Deryl Dodd is 57 years old. The folk-pop singer Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) is 57 years old. The actress Alicia Coppola is 53 years old. The rock singer Nicholas Hexum (311) is 51. The actress Retta is 51 years old. Actress Nicholas Brendon is 50 years old. The actress Shannen Doherty is 50 years old. Actress Marley Shelton is 50 years old 47. Actor Sarah Jane Morris is 44. Actor Jordana Spiro is 44. Rock musician Guy Berryman (Coldplay) is 43. Actor Riley Smith is 43. Actor Claire Danes is 42. Actor Jennifer Morrison is 42. Actor Matt McGorry is 35. Actor Brooklyn Decker is 34. Contemporary Christian musician Joe Rickard (Red) is 34. Rock singer musician Brendon Urie (Panic! At the disco) is 34. Actor Saoirse Ronan is 27.
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