On April 13th in U S Political History
On April 13th in 1743 Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States (1801-1809), was born in present-day Albemarle County, Va. "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." "History, in general, only informs us what bad government is."
On April 13th in 1775 Lord North extended the New England Restraining Act to South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The act forbade trade with any country other than Britain and Ireland.
On April 13th in 1860 1st Pony Express reached Sacramento, Calif.
On April 13th in 1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Union-held Fort Sumter surrendered at 2:30 p.m. to Confederates under the command of Gen PGT Beauregard. No Union defenders were killed in the 34-hour rebel assault on Charleston Harbor‘s Fort Sumter led by Major Robert Anderson. Likewise, none of the Confederate attackers were killed in this action. Union Pvt. Daniel Hough became the war‘s first official casualty when he was killed by a premature discharge of a cannon used as a salute in the evacuation ceremonies after the surrender.
On April 13th in 1904 In Pensacola, Fl., an explosion on the US battleship Missouri killed 29 men and injured 5 men, of whom 2 died later.
On April 13th in 1934 Some 4.7 million US families were report to be receiving welfare payments.
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