April 12th
Today in America's Present Past
1678 | Indian Wars: King Philip’s War ends.
1724 | Founder Lyman Hall was born.
1787 | Civil Rights: Philadelphia's Free African Society organizes.
1777 | Congress: Speaker Henry Clay was born.
1791 | Publisher Francis Preston Blair was born.
1831 | General Greenville M. Dodge was born.
1844 | Statehood: Texan envoys sign the Treaty of Annexation with the U.S.
1848 | Poet José Gautier Benítez was born.
1850 | Missionary Adoniram Judson died.
1861 | Civil War: The attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, started the American Civil War.
1864 | Indian Wars: Colorado War starts.
1864 | Civil War: Battle of Blair's Landing, Louisiana
1864 | Civil War: Fort Pillow massacre.
1869 | Civil Rights: North Carolina passes anti-Ku Klux Klan Laws.
1878 | Boss Tweed died.
1900 | Congress: The Foraker Act establishes Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory.
1912 | Nurse Clara Barton died.
1916 | Author Beverly Cleary was born.
1925 | Computer scientist Evelyn Berezin was born.
1934 | The US Auto-Lite Strike begins.
1940 | Cleric John Hagee was born.
1945 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt died.
1945 | POTUS: President Truman was sworn in.
1947 | Comedian David Letterman was born.
1947 | Author Tom Clancy was born.
1949 | Author Scott Turow was born.
1950 | Singer David Cassidy was born.
1964 | Musician Amy Ray was born.
1973 | Comic artist J. Scott Campbell was born in East Tawas, Michigan.
1979 | Actress Clare Danes was born.
1981 | Boxer Joe Louis died.
1989 | Author and outlaw Abbie Hoffman died.
1989 | Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson died.
1991 | Poet James Schuyler died.
1994 | Actress Saoirse Ronan was born.
1997 | Physiologist George Wald died.
1999 | POTUS: Democrat President Clinton is cited for contempt of court.
2001 | Graphic developer Harvey Ball died.
2009 | War on Terror: U.S. Navy rescues Captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates.
2013 | Professional chess player Robert Byrne died.
2022 | Comedian Gilbert Gottfried died.