Daily Almanac: April 12, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:14 a.m.

SET: 8:23 p.m.­­

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 68 °F

Low: 45 °F

Wacky Holiday Today:

• Big Wind Day

• National Only Child Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1981 The Space Shuttle blasts off for the first time

• 1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space

• 1861 The American Civil War begins

Births On This Day:

• 1947 Tom Clancy

American author

• 1947 David Letterman

American comedian, talk show host

Deaths On This Day:

• 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd US President

• 1989 Sugar Ray Robinson

American boxer