April 13<\/p>\n
1598
\nThe Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France.<\/p>\n
1742
\nHandel\u2019s Messiah was first publicly performed in Dublin, Ireland.<\/p>\n
1964
\nSidney Poitier became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for best actor.<\/p>\n
1970
\nApollo 13 announced “Houston, we’ve got a problem,” when an oxygen tank burst on the way to the Moon.<\/p>\n
1975
\nCivil War began in Lebanon when gunmen killed 4 Christian Phalangists who retaliated by killing 27 Palestinians.<\/p>\n
1997
\nTiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament and the first of African descent to win a major golf title.<\/p>\n
2004
\nBarry Bonds hit his 661st homer, passing Willie Mays to take third place on the lifetime list.<\/p>\n
2012
\nKwangmy\u014fngs\u014fng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, exploded shortly after its launch. The U.S. and other countries called the launch a violation of United Nations Security Council rules.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Thomas Jefferson
\nAmerican president (1743)<\/p>\n
Butch Cassidy
\noutlaw (1866)<\/p>\n
Samuel Beckett
\nplaywright (1906)<\/p>\n
Eudora Welty
\nnovelist (1909)<\/p>\n
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
\nU.S. senator (1933)<\/p>\n
Seamus Heaney
\npoet (1939)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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