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Old 04-12-2011, 08:04 PM
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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.

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.

1997 ~ Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win The Masters Tournament.

2008 ~ Death of John Wheeler, Theoretical Physicist (Black & Worm Holes) & Educator (Richard Feynman, Kip Thorne, & Hugh Everett, among others).
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