04-13-2007, 04:56 AM
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April 13th
1570 ~ Birthday of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot conspirator.
1742 ~ George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah premiered in Dublin, Ireland.
1743 ~ Birthday of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President.
1826 ~ Death of Franz Danzi, German composer.
1829 ~ The British Parliament granted freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
1892 ~ Birthday of Arthur Harris, commander of RAF's Bomber Command in World War II.
1964 ~ Sidney Poitier broke the color barrier when he was awarded the “Best Actor” Oscar.
1970 ~ Apollo 13 was almost lost when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst.
1990 ~ The Soviet Union admitted committing the Katyn Massacre.
1997 ~ Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win golf's Masters Tournament.
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