On This Day
April 12
Grilled Cheeses Sandwich Day
Cosmonautics Day
1906 The Union Flag aka The Union Jack is raised for the first time.
1917 Canadian forces win the Battle of Vimy Ridge
1941 The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup over the Detroit Red Wings
1951 In a seven games Minneapolis Lakers win the NBA championship over the Syracuse Nationals
1961 The first space flight on spaceship East-1 piloted by A. Gagarin
1980 The first day of Marathon of Hope leaves St. John’s Newfoundland ran by Terry Fox
1981 NASA launches STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida
1991 Out for Justice hits movie theatres
1999 Monday Night Raw The Godfather wins the WWF Intercontinental Title over Goldust
Happy Birthday
1912 Hound Dog Taylor musician
1931 Tiny Tim musician
1940 Herbie Hancock Jazz Great Children
1946 Ed O’Neill actor in the show Married With Children
1947 David Letterman TV Host
1950 David Cassidy former teen idol in The Partridge Family
1960 Ron MacLean NHL hockey broadcaster
1971 Shannen Doherty actress in hit TV show 9021o
1979 Claire Danes actress My So Called Life
1986 Lorena singer model
1988 April Rose Pengilly
1994 Isabelle Drummond model
