On this day in history (April 13, 2014) 1598 King Henry IV of France promulgated the Edict of Nantes in Brittany, granting a large measure of religious liberty to his Protestant subject, the Huguenots. 1640 King Charles of England convened the Short Parliament, the first to be summoned in 11 years. 1743 Thomas Jefferson - the principal author of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, the second vice president (1797-1801), and the third president (1801-09) was born. 1895 Accused of selling military secrets to Germany and convicted in an irregular trial against a backdrop of anti-Semitism French officer Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned on Devils Island, off French Guiana. 1909 American short story writer and novelist Eidora Welty whose work is mainly focused with great precision on the regional manners of people inhabiting a small Mississippi town that resembles her own birthplace and the Delta country, was born. 1941 Japan concluded a neutrality pact with the Soviet Union in World War II. 1943 The Thomas Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in East Potomac Park on the south bank of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. 1963 Russian chess master Garry Kasparov, who became the world chess champion in 1985, was born. 1997 Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament, becoming the first golfer of African American descent and the youngest player to place first in the event. 2002 The military coup that a day before had installed businessman Pedro Carmona Estanga as interim president of Venezuela collapsed this day, and the following morning Hugo Chavez was restored to the presidency.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:39:04 +0000
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