September 19th in History

First living creatures ascend in a balloon! Plus, the Unabomber manifesto and the first emoticons are published. Arthur Rackham, Adam West, Brian Epstein, Mama Cass, and Twiggy are born; Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Orville Redenbacher, and Jackie Collins die. Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Yaaar!

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April 13th in History

Explosion on Apollo 13! In other news, Pocahontas is captured, Fort Sumter surrenders, and Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters. It's the birthday of Guy Fawkes, Thomas Jefferson, Butch Cassidy, and Samuel Beckett; Robert Moon, who created the ZIP® Code, died. Happy Songkran!

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April 14th in History

Lincoln is shot and the Titanic hits an iceberg! It's the birthday of Loretta Lynn and Erich von Daniken; Handel and Don Ho die. In various South and Southeast Asian nations, Happy New Year!

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April 15th in History

The Titanic sinks! In other news, Jackie Robinson breaks the color line in baseball and the first McDonalds opens. It's the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, Nikita Khrushchev, and Roy Clark; Abraham Lincoln, Madame de Pompadour, and Greta Garbo die. Happy Fordicidia!

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