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Historical Events on April 13

  • Battle of Bound Brook

    1777

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

  • Fort Sumter

    1861

    American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.

  • Raleigh, North Carolina

    1865

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

  • Katyn massacre

    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.

  • Soviet Union

    1944

    Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.

  • Vienna Offensive

    1945

    World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.

  • Project MKUltra

    1953

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

  • Battle of An Lộc

    1972

    Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    1976

    The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

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