Trevor WholohanThis Day in History April 12th
April 12th 2007 01:16
1844 - Texas became a US territory
1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War.
1872 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia KY (1 dead/$1,500)
1877 - A catcher's mask was used in a baseball game for the first time by James A. Tyng
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea MA
1916 - American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clashed at Parrel, Mexico.
1935 - "Your Hit Parade", debuts on radio
1938 - 1st U.S. law requiring a medical test for a marriage license was enacted in NY.
1942 - Japanese kill about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
1943 - Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
1945 - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands
1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S. Truman became 33rd president.
1954 - Bill Haley & His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock" in New York City.
1957 - Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
1961 - Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
1963 - Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with a Finnish merchant vessel
1963 - Birmingham AL. police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1966 - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1967 - Jim Brown made his TV acting debut on the NBC show "I Spy."
1969 - Lucy and Snoopy of the comic strip Peanuts made the cover of Saturday Review
1970 - Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1973 - France recognizes North Vietnam
1975 - Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1980 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1981 - Space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, on its first flight
1982 - 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1984 - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Challenger made the first satellite repair in orbit
1987 - Texaco filed bankruptcy after it failed to settle a legal dispute with Pennzoil Co.
1992 - Disneyland Paris opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France.
1996 - Yahoo! has its initial public offering, selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each.
1999 - American President Bill Clinton was cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in the Paula Jones sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2000 - Robert Cleaves, 71, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for repeatedly running over Arnold Guerreiro with his car after the two had an argument.
2002 - It was announced that the South African version of "Sesame Street" would be introducing a character that was HIV-positive.
Famous Birthday’s
1932 - Tiny Tim [Herbert Butros Khaury] singer (Tip Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me)
1942 - Frank Bank Hollywood CA, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver)
1946 - Ed O'Neill, actor (Michael Mooney-Big Apple, Al Bundy-Married with Children)
1947 - David Letterman Indianapolis IN, comedian (Late Night)
1950 - David Cassidy New York NY, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family)
1954 - Marvin Johnson US, middleweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1957 - Vince Gill, country singer(Turn me Loose, Someday, The Reason Why)
1971 - Shannen Doherty Memphis TN, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210)
1973 - Pamela Polk Berlin WI, Miss Wisconsin-America (1996)
Famous Death’s
1945 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd US President (1933-1945, Democrat)Born 1882
1981 - Joe Louis [Brown bomber] US heavyweight champion (1937-49), dies at 66
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, world welterweight champion (1946-51)/5-time champion
1999 - Boxcar Willie, American singer(Walbash Cannonball) (b. 1931)
Joke of the Day
Fathers
Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50."
The second boy says, "That's nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they give him $100."
The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon. And it takes eight people to collect all the money!"
Chow Time
One of my husband's duties as a novice drill instructor at Fort Jackson, S.C., was to escort new recruits to the mess hall. After everyone had made it through the chow line, he sat them down and told them, "There are three rules in this mess hall: Shut up! Eat up! Get up!"
Checking to see that he had everyone's attention, he asked, "What is the first rule?"
Much to the amusement of the other instructors, 60 privates yelled in unison, "Shut up, Drill Sergeant!"
World Records
Greatest snowfall in 12 months
Over a 12 month period from February 19, 1971 to February 18, 1972, 102 ½ feet of snow fell at Paradise, Mount Regnier, Washington.
Greatest depth of snow
In March 1911, the snow on the ground at Tamarac, Calif, was recorded at 37ft 7in deep
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