On This Day:
Saturday April 12, 2014 This is the 102nd day of the year, with 263 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: highest and lowest places in continental U.S. Within 85 miles (137 kilometers) of each other lie Mount Whitney and Death Valley, which are 14,494 and 282 feet (4,418 and 86 meters) above and below sea level, respectively. They are the highest and lowest points in the 48 contiguous states.
Holidays Feast day of St. Zeno of Verona, St. Julius I, pope, St. Sabas the Goth and Others, and St.Alferius.
Events 1606 - Great Britain adopted the Union Jack as its flag.
1861 - The American Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
1877 - The catcher's mask was first used in a baseball game.
1934 - The highest velocity natural wind ever recorded occurred at Mount Washington, New Hampshire -- 231 mph.
1955 - The polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was termed "safe, effective and potent."
1961 - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, aboard Vostok 1, became the first man to fly in space, orbiting the earth once and landing safely.
1966 - Emmett Ashford became the first African-American major league umpire.
1981 - The space shuttle Columbia was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, becoming the first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space.
1992 - Euro Disneyland opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France.
Births 1777 - Henry Clay, U.S. congressman and senator (1806-52).
1903 - Sally Rand (Helen Beck), American dancer, actress.
1919 - Ann Miller (Lucy Ann Collier), American actress, dancer.
1947 - David Letterman, American TV host, comedian.
Deaths 1945 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States of America.
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