04-13-2009, 07:20 AM
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April 13th
1570 ~ Birthday of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot conspirator.
1598 ~ Henry IV of France granted freedom of religion to Hguenots.
1742 ~ George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah premiered in Dublin, Ireland.
1743 ~ Birthday of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President.
1829 ~ The British Parliament granted freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
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.
1980 ~ Birthday of Jana Cova, Porn Actress.
1990 ~ The Soviet Union admitted committing the Katyn Massacre.
2008 ~ Death of John Wheeler, Theoretical Physicist (Black & Worm Holes) & Educator (Richard Feynman, Kip Thorne, & Hugh Everett, among others).
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