Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1861: Confederates attacked Fort ...
April 12, 1950, in The Star: Today is “circus day” in Anniston, as some 600 persons associated with the King Brothers Circus have erected their tents across the 10th Street show grounds. The spectacle ...
4/12/1945: President Harry Truman's inauguration. He would make four appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Vinson, and Justices Burton, Clark, and Minton.