Today is Monday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2015. There are 262 days left in the year.
1204 ― Crusaders occupy Constantinople
1668 ― John Dryden (36) becomes first English poet laureate
1742 ― George Frederic Handel's ``Messiah" performed for first time (Dublin)
1924 ― Greek plebiscite for a republic
1941 ― Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1943 ― Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
1960 ― France becomes the fourth nuclear nation exploding an A-bomb in Sahara
1961 ― U.N. General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid
1964 ― Sidney Poitier becomes first black man to win Oscar for best actor
1981 ― Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for ``Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize)
1992 ― Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from wife Winnie