Today is Tuesday, April 12, the 104th day of 2016. There are 262 days left in the year.
1776 — Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
1782 — Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies British fleet beats French
1787 — Philadelphia’s Free African Society forms
1811 — First U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment WA
1826 — Weber’s opera “Oberon” premieres in London
1844 — Texas became a U.S. territory
1858 — First U.S. billiards championship is held in Detroit
1859 — Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates
1869 — North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1905 — French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1911 — First non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3 hours 56 minutes)