A day rich in history
Apr. 12th, 2013 08:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
necturusApril 12, 1861 - Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, beginning the American Civil War.
April 12, 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.
April 12, 1961 - Major Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Air Force becomes the first human being to orbit the earth.
April 12, 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.
April 12, 1961 - Major Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Air Force becomes the first human being to orbit the earth.
