- 1861] The Civil War begins as confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter (4/12)...
- 1890] Ellis Island is designated as an immigration station (4/11)...
- 1924] WLS (Chicago) signs on (4/11)...1962] The New York Mets make their National League debut with an 11-4 loss in St. Louis (4/11)...1954] Hank Aaron makes his major league debut with Milwaukee going 0 for 5 in the Braves loss to Cincinnati 4/13)...1963] Pete Rose gets his first major league hit (a double) for Cincinnati (4/13)...
- 1945] President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs (GA) at 63 (4/12) Harry S. Truman is sworn in as our new President...1989] Radical activist Abbie Hoffman is found dead at home at 52, an apparent suicide (4/12)...1989] Former boxing champ Sugar Ray Robinson dies from complications of diabetes at 67 (4/12)...
- 1966] Jan Barry (Jan & Dean) crashes his car at Dead Man's Curve, (good song title) is seriously injured but survives (4/12)...
- 1978] Reggie Jackson hits a home run and 'Reggie Bars' rain down at Yankee Stadium (4/13)...
- 1995] Drew Barrymore jumps on David Letterman's desk, lifts her sweater up with her back to the audience and gives Letterman an eyeful as a birthday present (4/12)...
- 1996] 7-year old Jessica Dubroff, who was trying to become the youngest person to fly cross-country is killed with her father and flight instructor after takeoff from Cheyenne (WY) (4/11)...
- 1999] Jack Kevorkian is sentenced to 10 to 25 years for the second-degree murder (4/13) of a man whose assisted suicide was shown on "60 Minutes" in 1998. He is released after serving a few years because of his health...2005] Eric Rudolph pleads guilty (4/13) to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics and 3 other attacks. He is now serving 4 consecutive life sentences...
- 2007] Don Imus is fired for his racial references to the Rutgers' women's basketball team. On the same day (4/12) New Jersey Governor Corzine is seriously injured in an automobile crash. Corzine was on his way to a meeting with the team and Imus...
For All the Timeline, Music & Video Memories for April 11-13, 2008:
