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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

April 13 - The Day in History

April 13 : General Interest
1997: Tiger Woods wins first major

On this day in 1997, 21-year-old Tiger Woods wins the prestigious Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes in Augusta, Georgia... read more


American Revolution
1777 : British attack at Bound Brook, New Jersey
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-attack-at-bound-brook-new-jersey

Automotive
2009 : Baseball All-Star killed in truck accident
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-all-star-killed-in-truck-accident

Civil War
1861 : Fort Sumter surrenders
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fort-sumter-surrenders

Cold War
1990 : Soviets admit to Katyn Massacre
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-admit-to-katyn-massacre

Crime
1984 : Mass murderer Wilder commits suicide
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-murderer-wilder-commits-suicide

Disaster
1360 : Hail kills English troops
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hail-kills-english-troops

General Interest
1919 : The Amritsar Massacre
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-amritsar-massacre
1941 : Japan and USSR sign nonaggression pact
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-and-ussr-sign-nonaggression-pact
1970 : Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-13i-oxygen-tank-explodes

Hollywood
1964 : Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sidney-poitier-wins-best-actor-oscar-for-lilies-of-the-field

Literary
1909 : Eudora Welty is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eudora-welty-is-born

Music
1742 : Handel's Messiah premieres in Dublin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/handels-messiah-premieres-in-dublin

Old West
1866 : Butch Cassidy is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/butch-cassidy-is-born

Presidential
1743 : Thomas Jefferson is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-jefferson-is-born

Sports
1997 : Tiger Woods wins his first Masters
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tiger-woods-wins-his-first-masters

Vietnam War
1966 : SCLC passes resolution about South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sclc-passes-resolution-about-south-vietnam
1972 : North Vietnamese launch major attack on An Loc
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-launch-major-attack-on-an-loc

World War I
1918 : Germans capture Helsinki, Finland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-capture-helsinki-finland

World War II
1939 : USS Astoria attempts pre-war reconnaissance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uss-astoria-attempts-pre-war-reconnaissance
1945 : Hitler bluffs from bunker as Russians advance and atrocities continue
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-bluffs-from-bunker-as-russians-advance-and-atrocities-continue

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