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| April 13th |
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| About April 13th is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. April 13th is also the Ides (middle day) of April. Births 1735 - Isaac Low, merchant, Continental Congress delegate 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President 1946 - Al Green, gospel and soul singer 1951 - Max Weinberg, musician, drummer 1960 - Bob Casey, Jr., U.S. Senator (Pennsylvania) Deaths 1962 - Culbert Olson, Governor of California 2009 - Mark "The Bird" Fidrych - professional baseball pitcher Events 1861 - Union-held Fort Sumter is surrendered to Confederate forces at the start of the American Civil War. 1870 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded in New York City. 1943 - The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated by President Roosevelt on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth. 1954 - Hank Aaron makes his major league debut for the Milwaukee Braves. 1964 - Sidney Poitier becomes the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. 1970 - An oxygen tank explodes aboard Apollo 13 causing major damage and putting the entire crew in danger. 1976 - The U.S. Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as part of the U.S. Bicentennial celebration. 1980 - The Broadway musical Grease closes after 3,883 performances. 1983 - The alternative rock band R.E.M. releases their debut album Murmur. 1997 - Tiger Woods win his first major as he wins The Masters at the record breaking age of 21. 1999 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian is found guilty by a Michigan jury of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. |
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