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April 13

MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy — Wednesday January 07, 2009

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April 13 in history:

  • 1990: The Soviet government formally acknowledged that Soviet security forces had been responsible for the Katyn Forest Massacre in which more than 4,000 Polish army officers were murdered in 1940.
  • 1919: The Amritsar Massacre, in which unarmed demonstrators were shot by British forces, took place in India and helped to mobilize Indian public opinion in support of Indian nationalism and Mahatma Gandhi's campaign of passive resistance.
  • 1668: King Charles II of England named John Dryden the first poet laureate.
  • 1598: King Henry IV ended the Wars of Religion in France by signing the Edict of Nantes.
  • 1204: The Latin Empire of Constantinople came into existence when the Fourth Crusade conquered and sacked Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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