SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013

Today is Saturday, April 6, the 96th day of 2013. There are 269 days left in the year.

648 B.C. ― Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks

610 ― Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the Koran descended to Earth

1327 ― Italian poet Petrarch first sets eyes on his beloved Laura

1722 ― Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards

1868 ― Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife

1909 ― North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson

1917 ― U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I

1974 ― 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"

1980 ― Post-It Notes are introduced

1986 ― Soccer ball juggled nonstop for 14:14 hours