Today is Wednesday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2011. There are 262 days left in the year.
1204 ― Crusaders occupy Constantinople
1598 ― Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1668 ― John Dryden (36) becomes first English poet laureate
1742 ― George Frederic Hendel's ``Messiah" performed for first time (Dublin)
1933 ― First flight over Mt. Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1941 ― Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1961 ― U.N. General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid
1981 ― Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for ``Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize)
1987 ― Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1992 ― Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie