- 1870] Get the picture?: The Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded in New York City...
- 1943] Dedicated to the one I love: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth...
- 1954] Debuted on this date: Hank Aaron makes his major league debut with Milwaukee going 0 for 5 in the Braves loss to Cincinnati...1963] Pete Rose gets his first major league hit (a double) for Cincinnati...1978] Reggie Jackson hits a home run and 'Reggie Bars' rain down at Yankee Stadium...
- 1964] Breaking the color barrier (part I): Sidney Poitier becomes the first black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award, for "Lilies of the Field."...
- 1970] Crippled Apollo returns safely: Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon is crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen bursts. The astronauts aboard return safely...
- 1986] Mazel tov: Pope John Paul II visits a Rome synagogue in the first recorded papal visit of its kind...
- 1997] Breaking the color barrier (part II): 21-year old Tiger Woods becomes the youngest person of African heritage to claim a major golf title by winning the Masters Tournament...
- 1998] Wedding Bells: NationsBank and Bank America announce a $62.5 billion merger...
- 1999] Guilty as charged: Jack Kevorkian is sentenced to 10 to 25 years for the second-degree murder of a man whose assisted suicide was shown on "60 Minutes" in 1998. He is released after serving a few years because of his health...2005] Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics and 3 other attacks. He is now serving 4 consecutive life sentences...
- 2004] Bonds bombs away: Barry Bonds blasts his 661st home run, passing Willie Mays to take sole possession of third place on baseball's career list. Bonds is now the career leader in home runs...For more on April 13th:
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