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Here are 10 significant events that happened on April 12 throughout history: 1861 – The American Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. 1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia. He was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman. 1961 – Yuri Gagarin became theContinue reading “This Day in History: April 12th”