APRIL 12
1945:President Franklin Roosevelt, in his fourth term, dies unexpectedly while vacationing in Warm Springs, Ga. He was 63.
1861: The Civil War begins as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard fires on South Carolina's Fort Sumter. Union officers surrender the fort after 33 hours of bombing.
1961: The Soviet Union's Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
1861: The Civil War begins as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard fires on South Carolina's Fort Sumter. Union officers surrender the fort after 33 hours of bombing.
1961: The Soviet Union's Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
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