April 13 in history: • 1742 – The first performance of the oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel (pictured) took place in Dublin. → go there • 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom. → go there • 1976 – Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland. → go there • 1996 – An Israel Defense Forces helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance, killing two women and four children in Mansouri, Lebanon. → go there • 2009 – Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and later concluded on the same day in 2016. → go there Died 1113: Ida of Lorraine Wiki link Born 1519: Catherine de' Medici Wiki link Born 1951: Max Weinberg Wiki link Born 2001: Neco Williams Wiki link Pictured: George Frideric Handel.