This date in history: 1861, At the start of the civil war, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederates.
1870: The Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in New York. (The museum opened in 1872.
1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win Academy Award for his performance in "Lillies Of The Field."
1970:Apollo 13 on the way to the moon, was crippled when a liquid oxygen tank burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely).
1992: The great Chicago flood took place as the city's century- old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River.
1999: Right-to-die advocate Dr.Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection of a Lou Gehrig disease patient. (Kervorkian served eight years.
2011: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and the killing of protesters.