Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 12, 2028
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Wednesday, April 12, 2028
Born
- John George Lambdon (governor-general of British North America) –
- Beverly Cleary (author) –
- Dr. Peter Safar (originator of CPR) –
- Montserrat Caballe (opera singer) –
- Herbie Hancock (musician) –
- David Letterman (talk show host) –
- Tom Clancy (author) –
- David Cassidy (singer and actor) –
- Gary Soto (poet, born in Fresno, California) –
- Andy García (actor) –
- Vince Gill (musician) –
- Shannen Doherty (actress) –
- Jennifer Morrison (actress) –
- Claire Danes (actress) –
- Stubbs the Cat (honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska) –
Died
- Clara Barton (founder of the American Red Cross) –
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd U.S. president) –
- Abbie Hoffman (social and political activist) –
- Sugar Ray Robinson (boxer) –
- Georgia Engel (actress, best known as Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore Show) –
Events
- Charles A. Gayler received a patent for a fireproof safe –
- Charles Gayler received a patent for a fireproof iron chest –
- First U.S. championship billiards game –
- The US Civil War began –
- Women granted the right to vote in Ontario –
- Nova Scotia’s Moose River gold mine collapsed, trapping 3 people –
- Bill Haley and His Comets recorded Rock Around the Clock –
- The polio vaccine developed by Dr. Salk was found to be successful after subjection to a year of clinical trials –
- Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by the 5th Dimension topped the charts for 6 weeks –
- Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope across Canada in St. John’s, Newfoundland, by dipping his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean –
- Space shuttle Columbia first launched –
- Harold Washington was elected the first African-American mayor of Chicago –
- Texaco Inc. became the largest U.S. company in history to file bankruptcy after it is ordered to pay Pennzoil $8.53 billion in damages for unfair business practices –
- Golfer Fred Couples won the Masters tournament –
Weather
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was hit by a tornado; 150 houses lost their roofs –
- Fourteen inches of snow at Bloomfield, Vermont –
- 231-mph wind gust on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, second highest wind speed in the world –
- 21 inches of snow fell in Selby, South Dakota –
- Ice out, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH –