Today's celebrations:

April 12th has a bunch of celebrations to consider:


CIVIL WAR 150: April 12th marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War (1861) *


Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day *
National Licorice Day *
International Day for Street Children
Festival to Preserve Corn
Look Up At the Sky Day
National Be Kind to Lawyers Day
Walk On Your Wild Side Day


Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day (between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m.) 

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin (1961): Russian Cosmonautics Day (Russia), Yuri's Night (International) ^
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S, territory, by an Act of Congress (1900)
Big Wind Day: Mount Washington Observatory records the highest surface wind ever measured, anywhere on earth: 231 miles per hour! *
Birthday - David Letterman (talk-show host)


Christian Feast Day: Alferius, Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso, Erkembode, Pope Julius I, Zeno of Verona
Children's Day (Florida)
Halifax Day (North Carolina)
The first day of Cerealia (Roman Empire)


(* in posts, previously or to follow)


(^ Photo credit: Google doodle for Russian Cosmonautics Day)