April 12, Yuri Gagarin becomes the primary human person in space

Today is Saturday, April twelfth, the 102nd day of 2025. There are 263 days a 12 months.

Today in history:

On April 12, 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the primary person in space and circled the earth once before he landed safely over the parachute after a planned expectoration.

Also on this date:

The US residents' war began in 1861 when the confederated armed forces in South Carolina opened the fireplace on Fort Sumter.

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In 1954, Bill Haley and his comets “Rock around the clock”, a song that was often delivered to the mainstream as a rock'n'roll music, took up when he was popular within the film “The Blackboard Jungle” the next 12 months.

In 1955, the Polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk was safely and effectively and effectively explained after almost a 12 months of field trials, which were referred to by around 1.8 million American child helpers as “polio pioneers”.

In 1963 the civil rights chair, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (during his time behind bars, King wrote his “letter from Birmingham's prison”.)

In 1981 the NASA Space Shuttle program began as an area Shuttle Columbia, the world's first reusable spaceship, from Kennedy Space Center.

Today's birthdays:

• Musician Herbie Hancock is 85.
• The musician John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 81.
• Actor Ed O'Neill is 79.
• TV presenter David Letterman is 78.
• The writer Scott Turow is 76.
• Actor Andy Garcia is 69.
• The film director Walter Salles (Sal'-ihs) is 69.
• Country musician Vince Gill is 68.
• Actor comedian Retta is 55.
• Actor Claire Danes is 46.
• Actor Jennifer Morrison is 46.
• Director of the National Secret Service Tulsi Gabbard is 44.
• The model of the Brooklyn Decker model is 38.
• The actor comedian Ilana Glazer is 38.
• Actor (sur '-shuh) Ronan and 31.