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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/Night_of_Power" title="Night of Power">Night of Decree</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a>, 2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1742" title="1742">1742</a> – The first performance of <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a></b></i>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel%27s_Naturalisation_Act_1727" title="Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727">British</a> composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">Handel</a>, was held 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/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming" title="Ian Fleming">Ian Fleming</a>'s novel <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(novel)" title="Casino Royale (novel)">Casino Royale</a></b></i> was published as the first work to feature his British spy character <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(literary_character)" title="James Bond (literary character)">James Bond</a></b>.</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 ever 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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