On This Day In History...

...The Invention of Easter Eggs is Explained...

Happy Easter Fixers...It's been 11 years since Easter fell on April 12th. And quite an eventful day the 12th of the 4th month of the year has been historically. We all know YDF'ers are history buffs, so such things as England adopting the Union Jack as their National Flag in 1606, the Civil War starting at Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC as the Confederate Troops fired on the Norf in 1861, or even Harvard Catcher, James Tyng wearing a modified fencing mask behind the plate in 1877, in what would eventually be referred to as the first Catcher's Mask, forever saving the pearly whites of C's everywhere, are the types of things we read about in our free time. Really, the only negative thing that happened on this day, in the past 400 years was in 2001 when Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken declared a state of emergency as residents of Over-The-Rhine and other parts of Cincy absolutely demolished stores, buildings and other structures in Riots that cost a stifling $3.6 Million in damages. That is in the past and Cincy, after hitting rock bottom, is slowly starting to rebuild, not starting with the Bengals... The Columbia Spaceship, on the other hand, took it's first test launch in 1981, 20 years after the first human went into outerspace. Also on April 12, 2004, 'the man whose arms exploded' Barry Bonds hit his 660th career homerun to tie The Say Hey Kid for 3rd all time. Eventually taking the cake and hitting the most career HR's, Barry Bonds is still a jackass.

Some notable Birthdays: Herbie Hancock turns 69, Author Tom Clancy (62), David Letterman (62), Actor Tom Noonan (58), Andy Garcia (53).