On This Day - April 13th

Featured Event:_

Alfred Dreyfus imprisoned on Devils Island (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 this day in 1895 on Devils Island, off French Guiana.

Other Events:

1870: The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York City 🖼️

1964: For his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963), Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor. 🏆

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. 🏌️‍♂️

2024: Iran struck Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles during the Israel-Hamas War. 🇮🇷

Holidays:

South and Southeast Asian solar New Year 🌏

Featured Birthdays:

1570: Guy Fawkes 🇬🇧 (Conspirator)

1743: Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸 (3rd President)

1906: Samuel Beckett 🇮🇪 (Author)

1963: Garry Kasparov 🇷🇺 (Chess Player)

Featured Deaths:

1695: Jean de la Fontaine 🇫🇷 (Poet)

2015: Günter Grass 🇩🇪 (Writer)

2018: Miloš Forman 🇨🇿 (Director)