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Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, was an American train and […]

Vesta Stoudt Born April 13, 1891 d. 1965 American inventor. Vesta Stoudt invented duck tape. While working at an ordnance

13 APRIL 1623 AertJansse van Nes (1626 – 13 or 14 September 1693) was a 17th-century Dutch naval commander, notable

12 APRIL 1579 François de Bassompierre (12 April 1579 – 12 October 1646) was a French courtier. The son of

On April 12, 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry

1861 – The American Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The fort had been

Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the

10 APRIL 1769 Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was

9 APRIL 1942 The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and

1865 – Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House,