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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a></b> (Sikhism, 2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1742" title="1742">1742</a> – The first performance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">George Frideric Handel</a>'s celebrated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a></b></i> took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neoclassical</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial" title="Jefferson Memorial">Jefferson Memorial</a></b> in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>'s birth.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakam" title="Nakam">Nakam</a></b>, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a>, attempted to poison thousands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">SS</a> prisoners at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-D" title="Stalag XIII-D">Langwasser internment camp</a>, but did not kill anyone.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hussie" title="Andrew Hussie">Andrew Hussie</a>'s webcomic <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck" title="Homestuck">Homestuck</a></b></i> debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a>: In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Nangarhar_airstrike" title="2017 Nangarhar airstrike">an airstrike</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nangarhar_Province" title="Nangarhar Province">Nangarhar Province</a>, the U.S. military dropped <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB" title="GBU-43/B MOAB">the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Matthew_Weld_Downing" title="Arthur Matthew Weld Downing">Arthur Matthew Weld Downing</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1850); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hewitt_(RAAF_officer)" title="Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)">Joe Hewitt</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1901); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyne_Daitz" title="Evelyne Daitz">Evelyne Daitz</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1936)</p>
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