Happy Birthday Ruby & This Day in History... April 12th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUBY!!
(make sure to go check out her blog today she has an amazing hop going on to celebrate!)

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I love history, so I thought it would be fun over the course of the next few days to share with you some of the fascinating things that happened on that day in history!

(via Wikipedia)

• 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.

• 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.

• 1861 – American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
  
• 1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.

• 1940 – Herbie Hancock is born, American musician and composer

• 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.

• 1947 – Tom Clancy is born, American author

• 1947 – David Letterman is born, American talk show host
  
• 1950 – David Cassidy is born, American singer and actor 

• 1960 – Ron MacLean is born, Canadian sportscaster

• 1971 – Nicholas Brendon is born, American actor
  
• 1971 – Shannen Doherty is born, American actor

• 1980 – Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
  
• 1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) launches on the STS-1 mission.
  
• 1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.

For more events that happened on April 12th - check out this link!