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Today in History: April 13, Apollo 13 damaged by explosion

Today in History: April 12, Civil War begins with gunfire at Fort Sumter

Today in History: April 11, Civil Rights Act becomes law a week after Martin Luther King is killed

Today in History: April 10, The Titanic sets sail from England, bound for New York

Today in History: April 9, Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War

Today in History: April 8, Hank Aaron hits 715th homer, breaking Babe Ruth’s career record

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Today in History: April 7, genocide erupts in Rwanda

Today in History: April 7, civil war erupts in Rwanda

Today in History: April 6, first modern Olympics begin

Today in History: April 5, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death

Today in History: April 3, Martin Luther King Jr. makes final speech

Today in History: April 1, first pro baseball, hockey strikes begin, 20 years apart

Today in History: March 31, Ferdinand and Isabella expel Jews from Spain

Today in History: March 30, President Ronald Reagan is shot

Today in History: March 29, US combat troops leave Vietnam

Today in History: March 28, Three Mile Island has partial nuclear meltdown

Today in History: March 27, ‘The ‘Godfather’ wins best picture, Brando refuses to accept best actor

Today in History: March 26, bodies of 39 members of Heavens Gate cult are discovered

Today in History: March 25, ‘Scottsboro Boys’ are taken off train and wrongly accused

Today in History: March 24, Exxon Valdez crashes in Alaska, creates massive oil spill

Today in History: March 23, “Titanic” wins record-tying 11 Oscars

Today in History: March 22, Jimmy Carter becomes longest living US president

Today in History: March 21, Martin Luther King Jr. leads civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery

Urban Verbs frontman Roddy Frantz reflects on birth of DC’s downtown music, arts scene