WAY BACK WHEN for Wednesday, April 12, 2023
1861, The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
1955 Dr. Jonas Salk reported the success of the nationwide test of his polio vaccine and received a license by the National Institutes of Health for its general use. Before the vaccine, there were about 15,000 cases of paralysis and 1,900 deaths annually from polio in the U.S.
1981, the space shuttle Columbia was launched for the first time. It was the first reusable manned spacecraft to make it into space.
Music History:
1954 Bill Haley & His Comets recorded their rock ‘n’ roll classic Rock Around the Clock.
1966, Jan Berry of Jan & Dean barely escaped death when he crashed his Corvette Stingray in Los Angeles. That’s the same car sung about in the 1964 Jan & Dean classic “Dead Man’s Curve”.
Notable Birthdays:
Actress Claire Danes 44
Actress Shannen Doherty 52
Late Show’s David Letterman 76
Steppenwolf’s John Kay 79
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
