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Sunday, April 13, 2014

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Today in History

1598 The Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots.
1775 Lord North extends the New England Restraining Act to South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The act forbids trade with any country other than Britain and Ireland.
1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Union-held Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates.
1865 Union forces under Gen. Sherman begin their devastating march through Georgia.
1902 J.C. Penny opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
1919 British forces kill hundreds of Indian nationalists in the Amritsar Massacre.
1933 The first flight over Mount Everest is completed by Lord Clydesdale.
1941 German troops capture Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial.
1945 Vienna falls to Soviet troops.
1960 The first navigational satellite is launched into Earth's orbit.
1961 The U.N. General Assembly condemns South Africa because of apartheid.
1964 Sidney Poitier becomes the first black to win an Oscar for best actor.
1970 An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, preventing a planned moon landing and jeopardizing the lives of the three-man crew.
1976 The U.S. Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes.
1979 The world's longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.

Non Sequitur

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Hybrid Vehicles More Fuel Efficient In India, China Than in U.S.



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Evidence shows need to regulate antimicrobial ingredients in consumer products


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Bullying happens to popular teens too


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Atlas details gene activity of the prenatal human brain


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Newly discovered molecule may offer hope for immune disorders and runaway inflammation



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Daily Comic Relief

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Evolving superbug threatens to create an infection tsunami

Evolving superbug threatens to create an infection tsunami
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Fighting cancer with lasers and nanoballoons that pop


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