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Historical Events on April 13

  • American Revolutionary War

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.

  • American Civil War

    1865

    American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.

  • World War II

    1943

    World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.

  • Nazi Germany

    1945

    World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.

  • Soviet Union

    1945

    World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.

  • Central Intelligence Agency

    1953

    CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.

  • Vietnam War

    1972

    Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

  • Tiger Woods

    1997

    Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

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