Today is Friday, April 20, the 111th day of 2012. There are 255 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:
On April 20, 1912, Boston’s Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game while Navin Field (Tiger Stadium) opened in Detroit. (The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 innings; the Tigers beat the Cleveland Naps 6-5 in 11 innings.)
On this date:
In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die while in office.
In 1836, Congress voted to establish the Wisconsin Territory.
In 1861, Col. Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army. (Lee went on to command the Army of Northern Virginia, and eventually became general-in-chief of the Confederate forces.)
In 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria.
In 1912, author Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula, died in London at 64.
In 1945, during World War II, allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
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