FRIDAY, April 12, 2024

0352-St. Julius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1877-Catcher's mask first used in a baseball game

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

1928-Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

1951-Israeli Knesset officially designates April 13 as Holocaust Day

1970-Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio

1986-20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines

1990-First meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgiveness

1990-Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers

1991-U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases

1992-Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France

1992-Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle