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April 13
1598The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France. 1742Handel’s Messiah was first publicly performed in Dublin, Ireland. 1964Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor. 1970Apollo 13 announced "Houston, we've got a problem," when an oxygen tank burst on the way to the Moon. 1975Civil War began in Lebanon when gunmen killed 4 Christian Phalangists who retaliated by killing 27 Palestinians. 1997Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament and the first of African descent to win a major golf title. 2004Barry Bonds hit his 661st homer, passing Willie Mays to take third place on the lifetime list. 
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