On This Day: April 13 — Century Dispatch

Tornado Devastates Texas as Rio Grande Valley Floods & Canal Dreams Take Shape (April 13, 1927)

Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)

1926: When D.C. Tried to Arrest One-Fifth of Its Population for Traffic Violations

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

1906: Vesuvius erupts, coal strikes rage, and Oregon discovers black diamonds

The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)

Edison's X-Ray Table, A Mob Lynching, and the Salvation Army's Civil War: What Divided America on April 13, 1896

The Indianapolis journal (Indianapolis [Ind.])

When a 91-Year-Old Got Married & Sheridan Headed South: April 1886 Washington

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

The Phantom Castaway & the Railway Car Surgeon: Two Horrifying Tales from 1876 Maryland

Saint Mary's beacon (Leonard Town, Md.)

One Week After Lee Surrendered, Congress Overrides Johnson's Veto—And America's First Black Female Witness Takes the...

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

April 13, 1865: Confederate General Forrest Captured as Civil War Nears End

Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])

A Clever Ruse, Lincoln's War Aims, and How Cleveland Got Five Daily Mail Deliveries

Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])

1862: New York Asks the Hard Questions (Eviction? Desertion? Fake Wool?)

Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

A Newspaper from 4 Days After Fort Sumter—and It Doesn't Even Know the War Has Started

Arkansas state gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)

Can You Run for President If You're Born in a Territory? (1856 Edition)

New-York dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

Coffee Boilers, Stabbing Trials & Fraternal Balls: Washington Prepares for Easter Week (April 13, 1846)

Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

Life, Death & Money in 1836: The Financial Revolution Hidden in Washington's Classifieds

Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])