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