April 12
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[edit] Events
- 1606 - The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Fort Pillow massacre -- Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest kill most of the African American soldiers who had surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
- 1917 - World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry S. Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States.
[edit] Births
- 1500 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574)
- 1940 - John Hagee, pastor and Christian Zionist
[edit] Deaths
- 65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
- 238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor (suicide)
- 238 - Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle).
- 1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
- 1991 - Dead, Swedish musician (Mayhem) (b. 1969)
