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Today in History: April 13

1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Union-held Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates.

1864 Union forces under Gen. Sherman begin their devastating march through Georgia.

1902 J.C. Penny opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

1919 British forces kill hundreds of Indian nationalists in the Amritsar Massacre.

1933 The first flight over Mount Everest is completed by Lord Clydesdale.

1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial.

1960 The first navigational satellite is launched into Earth's orbit.

1970 An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, preventing a planned moon landing and jeopardizing the lives of the three-man crew.

1976 The U.S. Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes.

1979 The world's longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.


Born on April 13

1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert LeRoy Parker], American outlaw and leader of the Wild Bunch.

1899 Alfred Butts, inventor of the board game Scrabble.


JOTD

In America, dogs are K9.

In China, dogs are E10.