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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1861 Fort Sumter, SC, shelled by Confederate troops under General Beauregard. The American Civil War begins.
In 1930 Tiny Tim, singer, born.
In 1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, 231 mph.
In 1940 Herbie Hancock, musician, born.
In 1945 Franklin D. Rooseveldt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga.
In 1947 David Letterman, late night television talk show host, born.
In 1950 David Cassidy, Shirley Jones' kid on TV and real life, born.
In 1955 Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; four billion dimes marched.
In 1961 Yuri A. Gagarin becomes first man to orbit Earth aboard Vostok 1.
In 1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth.
In 1981 First launch of the space shuttle Columbia with John Young and Bob Crippen at the controls.
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