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