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04/13/2013

Baker's Dozen, April Edition

Thirteen things that happened in history on 13ths of April.

837: Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years (they don't say which 2000, though); 1204: Crusaders occupy Constantinople (later known as Istanbul); 1796: First elephant arrives in US from India; 1808: William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance; 1860: First Pony Express delivery reaches Sacramento, California; 1861: After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces; 1870: Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City; 1957: Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temporarily halted; 1958: Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow;
1965: Beatles record "Help"; 1970: Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!"; 1976: The $2 bill is re-introduced as US currency; 1980: US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Posted by Lairbo on 04/13/2013 at 12:01 AM in Baker's Dozen | Permalink

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