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Events from History on April 13

1992 : "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 perfs
1993 : "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
1997 : "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
1961 : "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
1980 : "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances
1980 : "Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances
1957 : "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
1989 : "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 perfs
1976 : $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
1984 : 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
1993 : 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1987 : 1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason
1972 : 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
1796 : 1st elephant arrives in US from India
1914 : 1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
1933 : 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1860 : 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif
1997 : 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same
1928 : 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hnefeld-K”hl)
1965 : 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by
1920 : 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
1955 : 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)
1940 : 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
1934 : 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments
1997 : 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
1990 : 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
1992 : 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
1997 : 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par)
1948 : 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus
1861 : After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates
1883 : Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism
1992 : American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50%
1919 : Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India
1882 : Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
1970 : Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built
1926 : At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout
1985 : Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
1796 : Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians
1367 : Battle at N jera Spain: Castili‰ & England beat Arag¢n & France
1904 : Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
1241 : Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King B‚la IV
1863 : Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)
1865 : Battle of Raleigh, NC
1965 : Beatles record "Help"
1946 : Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over
1926 : Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
1055 : Bishop Gebhard van Eichst„tt named Pope Victor II
1991 : BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
1919 : British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
1945 : Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis
1985 : Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
1943 : Catholic University Nijegen closes
1975 : Chad military coup by General Odingar
1975 : Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war
1979 : Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek
1997 : city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY
1946 : Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1938 : Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in NYC
1873 : Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)
1904 : Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin
1940 : Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
1204 : Crusaders occupy Constantinople
1992 : Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas
1957 : Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is temp halted
1741 : Dutch people protest bad quality of bread
1946 : Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ
1598 : Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1918 : Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
1829 : English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics
1640 : English Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
1943 : FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
1976 : Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes
1990 : Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
1960 : France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara
1759 : French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
1742 : George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)
1992 : Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood
1970 : Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed
1924 : Greek plebiscite for a republic
1908 : Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies)
1983 : Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago
1941 : Heavy German assault on Tobruk
1834 : HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
1863 : Hospital for Ruptured & Crippled in NY is 1st orthopedic hospital
1849 : Hungarian Republic proclaimed
1964 : Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1988 : Italy govt of De Mita forms
1902 : J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo
1978 : Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, & the field is showered
1668 : John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate
1956 : KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1932 : Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms
1992 : Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto
1979 : Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
1842 : Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope
1992 : Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
1936 : Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
1870 : Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC
1906 : Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama
1943 : Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
1992 : Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie
1964 : New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
1965 : NY Sen Jacob Javits
1978 : NY Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day
1970 : Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener
1517 : Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
1996 : Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff
1970 : oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
1966 : Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
1975 : Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead
1984 : Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
1963 : Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
1911 : Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames
1346 : Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy
1986 : Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue
1111 : Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II
1987 : Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1556 : Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
1994 : President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death
1981 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart"
1985 : Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
1945 : Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
1180 : Republic day of Gelnhausen
1954 : Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
1912 : Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF)
1741 : Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich
1970 : Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation
1941 : Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1944 : SC rejects black suffrage
1865 : Sherman's march through Georgia begins
1986 : Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
1962 : Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record
1895 : Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" (BG)
1869 : Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
1994 : Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur
1993 : Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," premieres in London
1960 : Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1944 : Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1961 : UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid
1983 : Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1994 : United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
1934 : US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act
1945 : US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa
1962 : US steel industry forced to give up price increases
1959 : USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit
1959 : Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1959 : Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists
1925 : Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC
1939 : W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in NYC
1808 : William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance
1995 : Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
1979 : Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda
2003 : Iraq War has opened new avenues to peace in West Asia - says Sharon

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