Happy Birthday Vanessa & This Day in History.. April 13th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VANESSA!!

If you don't Vanessa, she's one half of the Book Soulmates!

Make sure to go on over and check out an awesome month long event they have going on!

Tomorrow I'll be visiting the ladies and sharing some of my fave indies!

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I love history, so I thought it would be fun over the course of the next few days to share with you some of the fascinating things that happened on that day in history!

(via Wikipedia) 

• 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

• 1519 – Catherine de' Medici is born, wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)

• 1570 – Guy Fawkes is born, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)

• 1613 – Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father. She is brought to Henricus as hostage.

• 1743 – Thomas Jefferson is born, American politician; 1st United States Secretary of State, 2nd Vice President of the United States & 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)

• 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.

• 1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.

• 1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.

• 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

• 1902 – Marguerite Henry is born, American author (d. 1997)

• 1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.

• 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.

• 1975 – Lou Bega is born, German-born musician and artist

• 1978 – Chris Sligh, American Idol finalist

• 1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

 To see more events that happened today in history click HERE.