Today is Monday, April 23, the 114th day of 2012. There are 252 days left in the year.

1348 ― first English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter)

1932 ― Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon

1940 ― Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez, Mass.)

1949 ― Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing

1956 ― U.S. Supreme court ends race segregation on buses

1984 ― AIDS-virus identified (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1985 ― Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula

1989 ― Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts

1991 ― USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions

1992 ― McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in China