April 11, 1930 Apollo 13 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was suppose to land on the moon, though it failed and came back in 6 days:( April 12, 1545 the king of France, Francois I, orders to have protestants of Vaudois killed. April 13, 1796 the very first elephant arrives in the United States from India. April 14, 1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary! Now there are millions! April 15, 2008 at Elim Christian College (which is situated in Auckland, New Zealand) 6 students and 1 teacher die from a flash flood of the Mangetepopo River. April 16, 1946 Syria gains its independence! April 17, the 335 year war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly finally ends! Can you imagine being at war for that long!
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