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A Scottish physicist who developed the first practical radar system in the mid 1930s.
An American Founding Father, and the author of American Constitution and the third President of the United States.
An Irish playwright, poet, and novelist.
A Russian chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion.
The Edict of Nantes is proclaimed by Henry IV of France. It gives the Huguenots (French Protestants) partial religious freedom and ends a series of religious wars between Catholics and Protestants.
The first elephant brought to the United States arrives from Bengal.
For his performance in "Lilies of the Field, Sidney Poitier becomes the first black actor to win an Academy Award,.
An oxygen tank explodes aboard the U.S. lunar landing mission Apollo 13 as it nears the moon, forcing the astronauts to return to Earth.
Golfer Tiger Woods, 21, becomes the youngest person to win the Masters and the first African-American and Asian-American champion.
Paula Radcliffe breaks the world record in the London Marathon.
An American philosopher, politician, scientist, educator, naturalist, who served as the 3rd President of the U.S. and is regarded as the first president to lead a political party, was born on April 13, 1743, in Virginia, United States. Peter Jefferson was the name of his father and Jane Randolph Jefferson was Thomas Jefferson's mother. His was a prosperous Virginia planter and his mother belonged to the distinguished and old Randolph family of Virginia. During his lifetime, he worked to strengthen the powers of the executive government. He had great faith in popular rule.
The author of the Declaration of Independence who is considered as one of the most brilliant individuals in American history died on July 4, 1826, in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
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