Today in History

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Today in History

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 13:12
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Today is the 103rd day of 2024 and the 25th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union-held Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in the first engagement of the Civil War. In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia. In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to travel in space…

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