April 13
1598:The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France.
1742:Handel’s Messiah was first publicly performed in Dublin, Ireland.
1964:Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor.
1970:Apollo 13 announced "Houston, we've got a problem," when an oxygen tank burst on the way to the Moon.
1975:Civil War began in Lebanon when gunmen killed 4 Christian Phalangists who retaliated by killing 27 Palestinians.
1997:Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament and the first of African descent to win a major golf title.
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