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Order1970-04-13, , min.
This date in history: 1861, At the start of the civil war, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederates. 1870: The Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in New York. (The museum opened in 1872. 1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win Academy Award for his performance in "Lillies Of The Field." 1970:Apollo 13 on the way to the moon, was crippled when a liquid oxygen tank burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely). 1992: The great Chicago flood took place as the city's century- old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River. 1999: Right-to-die advocate Dr.Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection of a Lou Gehrig disease patient. (Kervorkian served eight years. 2011: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and the killing of protesters.
1973-10-06, , min.
Outbreak of the Egyptian-Israeli war. Egyptian Army pushes across Suez Canal, dislodging the Israelis for the first time since 1967. The Egyptian Army was supported by the Air Force under the leadership of General Hosni Mubarak
1981-10-06, , min.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot. Early reports of assassination attempt. Sadat is reported dead in later reports. President Reagan comments on Sadat's death. Hosni Mubarak will assume the presidency.