CAROLINA NATURALLY: Apr 12, 2016

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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Today in History

1204		The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople.
1606		England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.
1770		Parliament repeals the Townsend Acts.
1782		The British navy wins its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
1811		The first colonists arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington.
1861		Fort Sumter is shelled by the Confederacy, starting America’s Civil War.
1864		Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, in Tennessee.
1877		The first catcher’s mask is used in a baseball game.
1911		Pierre Prier completes the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes.
1916		American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clash at Parral, Mexico.
1927		The British Cabinet comes out in favor of voting rights for women.
1944		The U.S. Twentieth Air Force is activated to begin the strategic bombing of Japan.
1945		President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies at Warm Spring, Georgia. Harry S. Truman becomes president.
1954		Bill Haley records “Rock Around the Clock.”
1955		Dr. Jonas Salk’s discovery of a polio vaccine is announced.
1961		Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes first man to orbit the Earth.
1963		Police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama.
1966		Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American major league umpire.
1983		Harold Washington is elected the first black mayor of Chicago.

Arctic Surfers Ride Waves Amid Icebergs

Arctic Surfers Ride Waves Amid Icebergs

Surrounded by hundreds of glaciers, these Icelandic surfers must have ice-water in their veins.

Will La Nina Follow One of the Strongest Ever El Ninos?

Will La Nina Follow One of the Strongest Ever El Ninos?

After reaching an exceptionally strong peak, El Nino is waning. A La Nina could follow next fall.

Neanderthals may have died off from diseases carried by humans from Africa

Close view of a neanderthal man (Shutterstock)

Neanderthals may have died off from diseases carried by humans from Africa

The unfortunate Neanderthals, who would only have developed resistance to the diseases of their European environment, are most likely to have been infected with a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, the virus that causes genital herpes, tapeworms and tuberculosis.

Six-step hand-washing technique found most effective for reducing bacteria

Six-step hand-washing technique found most effective for reducing bacteria

New research demonstrates that the six-step hand-hygiene technique recommended by the World Health Organization is superior to a three-step method suggested by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in reducing bacteria on healthcare workers’...

Exercise Cost vs. Calories Debated for Labels

Exercise Cost vs. Calories Debated for Labels

Calorie counts often serve only to confuse consumers. Is there a better way?

The Best Time of Day to Give in to Cravings and Inhale a Giant Cheeseburger

The Best Time of Day to Give in to Cravings and Inhale a Giant Cheeseburger

One-Third of All Food Produced Globally Never Finds Its Way Onto a Plate

One-Third of All Food Produced Globally Never Finds Its Way Onto a Plate

Here's how technological progress may be hurting America's working class

Sorry, Feds: Kids Can Sue Over Climate Negligence, Judge Says

"This will be the trial of the century that will determine if we have a right to a livable future, or if corporate power will continue to deny our rights for the sake of their own wealth."

9-year-old crime reporter schools CNN on how to do journalism

Fabulous 7-Year-Old Protests Transphobia For His Trans Best Friend

Fabulous 7-Year-Old Protests Transphobia For His Trans Best Friend

Children are proof that hate is taught and learned. We are not born with prejudice. It is our upbringings that make us hate those unlike ourselves. Case...