Friday, April 12, 2013

This day in History........ from http://www.factmonster.com/dayinhistory

Man is but a fleeting shadow, here a moment and gone the next. The past repeats itself and is forgotten. So, here is a reminder of things that happened before. Our lives are fleeting, the consequences of our actions can live for all time.

April 12

1861

The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked.

1945
President Franklin Roosevelt died.

1955

The polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was called "safe, effective, and potent."

1961

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human in space and also the first human to orbit the earth in a spacecraft.

1981

The first space shuttle, Columbia, took its first test flight.

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