April 12
Friday 12, 2002:
Coup d'Etat against Hugo Chávez in Venezuela
Monday 12, 1954:
Bill Haley and His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock" in New York City. Initially unsuccessful, the recording would help launch the Rock and Roll revolution a year later.
Thursday 12, 1945:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd President of the United States.
Monday 12, 1937:
Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at the British Thomson-Houston factory in Rugby, England
Wednesday 12, 1606:
The Union Flag is adopted as the national flag of Great Britain.
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