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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 12
- 300th: 1724 - Birth of Lyman Hall US physician (signed Declaration of Independence).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Julius Moormann; student/resistance fighter (WWII).
- 90th: 1934 - Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Kay [Joachim F Krauledat] in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany; rocker (Steppenwolf - "Hour of the World").
- 70th: 1954 - 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his third Masters tournament, shooting a 289.
- 70th: 1954 - 8th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3.
- 70th: 1954 - Belgian Van Houtte government resigns.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Marvin Johnson; American middleweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1972).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Pat Travers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; rock guitarist ("Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights").
- 70th: 1954 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at age 89.
- 60th: 1964 - 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mike Macfarlane in Stockton, California, USA; catcher (Kansas City Royals).
- 60th: 1964 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational.
- 60th: 1964 - CBS airs the 100th episode of the talking horse show Mr. Ed.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Amy Ray; singer (Indigo Girls).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kabir Khan; cricket player (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994-).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Roman Hamrlik in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia; NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning, Olympics-gold-1998).
- 40th: 1984 - Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at age 76.
- 40th: 1984 - Palestinian gunmen take Israeli Bus Number 300 hostage. Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (1 hostage, 2 hijackers killed).
- 30th: 1994 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV series The Good Life.
- 30th: 1994 - Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at age 81.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Boxcar Willie AKA Lecil Martin at age 67 of leukemia at his home in Branson, Missouri, USA; country singer ("Bad News" (1982)).
- 20th: 2004 - Barry Bonds hit his 660th career homerun, tying his godfather, Willie Mays for third on the all-time homerun list. The 72-year old Mays greets Bonds at home plate with an $18,000 torch studded with diamonds forming the numbers 660, 25 (Barry's number), and 1, the number to needed move ahead.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Norman Campbell of a stroke at age 80; TV producer/director (CBC TV, All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, One Day at a Time).
- 15th: 2009 - In Losail, Qatar, round 1 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Casey Stoner.
- 15th: 2009 - Women's world hockey championships in Hameenlinna, Finland won by United States defeating Canada 4-1.
- 15th: 2009 - Angel Cabrera becomes the first Argentine to win the Augusta National Masters golf tournament.
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