April 13

Sunday 13, 2003:

Mike Weir becomes first Canadian and first leftie to win the Masters Tournament

Sunday 13, 1997:

Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament

Tuesday 13, 1993:

Baseball: Lee Smith passes Jeff Reardon for first on the all-time saves list with his 358th save in a 9-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers

Friday 13, 1990:

The Soviet Union admits to committing the Katyn Massacre

Monday 13, 1987:

Portugal and China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999

Sunday 13, 1986:

Jack Nicklaus wins his sixth Masters Tournament

Saturday 13, 1985:

Enver Hoxha is succeeded by Ramiz Alia as the leader of Albania

Friday 13, 1984:

Pete Rose becomes the first player in National League history to collect 4,000 hits

Wednesday 13, 1983:

Harold Washington is elected as the first African-American mayor in Chicago's history

Sunday 13, 1975:

An attack by Phalangists on a Palestinian bus in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon marks the beginning of a 15 year civil war.

Thursday 13, 1972:

The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.

Monday 13, 1970:

The oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew into deadly peril.

Friday 13, 1945:

German troops massacre more than 1000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen Germany. The atrocity is discovered two days later by American forces.

Tuesday 13, 1943:

The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.

Sunday 13, 1941:

Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed

Thursday 13, 1939:

In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and wovs to engage in armed struggle against the British.

Wednesday 13, 1921:

Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party.

Sunday 13, 1919:

Amritsar massacre: British and Gurkha troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India

Sunday 13, 1902:

James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming

Friday 13, 1883:

Alferd Packer is convicted of murder

Sunday 13, 1873:

Colfax Massacre

Saturday 13, 1861:

American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders

Friday 13, 1849:

Hungary becomes a republic

Monday 13, 1829:

The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics

Monday 13, 1598:

Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots

Tuesday 13, 1204:

The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople

Sunday 13, 1180:

Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter

Thursday 13, 1111:

Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor

Friday 13, 1055:

Victor II is consecrated pope

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