ON A DAY LIKE THIS: APRIL 12th

2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as its official currency.

1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d’état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.

1957 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33^rd President.

1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host was born.

1942 – Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa was born.

1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.