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1913 - The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified requiring direct election of Senators.
1341 - Petrarch was crowned poet laureate at a ceremony in Rome
1513 - French troops and Swiss mercenaries swarmed into the Sforzas' Milan after the Battle of Novara.
1513 - Explorer Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
1838 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship "Great Western", the first steamship designed for the Atlantic, crossing left Bristol, England, with 24 first-class passengers.
1899 - At Sing Sing in Ossining, New York, convicted murderer Martha Place was the first woman executed in the electric chair.
1913 - The first Western-style parliament in China's history opened in Peking (Beijing).
1939 - King Zog of Albania fled from Tirana ahead of Italy's invading troops, in a prelude to World War II.
1946 - The last session of the League of Nations met in Geneva, Switzerland.
1952 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman averted a strike at Youngstown, Ohio, by seizing control of the steel mills, a move later declared unconstitutional

(Is this the "queue" I hear about? Is this the right place to suggest anniversaries? Wetman 06:31, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC))