SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008

Today is Saturday, April 12, the 103rd day of 2008. There are 263 days left in the year.

1204 _ Fourth Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople

1654 _ England, Ireland and Scotland unite

1844 _ Texas became a U.S. territory

1927 _ General Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai

1945 _ Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd U.S. President

1966 _ First B-52 bombing on North Vietnam

1969 _ Simon & Garfunkel releases ``The Boxer"

1980 _ U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games

1987 _ Texaco files for bankruptcy

1992 _ ``Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 137 performances