Historical Events for 12th April 2026

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1869 - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan Law
1931 - Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1946 - LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her first major title by 2 strokes from Eileen Stulb
1955 - Polio vaccine tested by Jonas Salk announced to be 'safe and effective' and is given full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration
1957 - Jim Spalding set a 2,088 pin nine-game bowling record
1961 - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into space and orbit Earth, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft
1975 - Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland
1980 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)

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