This Day in History: April 13 — Infoplease.com
1598The 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.
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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