Historical Events
1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
1954 - 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
1965 - 1st NL game at Houston’s Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1980 - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d’etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
1987 - Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1999 - US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
Famous Birthdays
1801 - Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
1879 - Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children’s book week
1916 - Beverly Cleary, American writer
1931 - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
1958 - Howard Stableford, English actor and host
1986 - Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
Famous Deaths
1125 - Vladislaus I of Bohemia
1675 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1845 - Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
1959 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
1987 - Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
1989 - Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://www.historyorb.com/day/april/12
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