CoM Moderators Posted April 12 Posted April 12 1862 - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia 1900 - The US Congress passes the Foraker Act, establishing Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory (effective 1 May) 1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter 1927 - Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek begins a counter-revolution by violently suppressing Communist groups 1938 - First US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses in New York 1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll" 1983 - Harold Washington elected Chicago's 1st black mayor 1992 - Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN 1992 - Euro Disney (Disneyland Paris) opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France 2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue More Historical Events »
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