Topic: Seamus Heaney

President Joe Biden surprised music icon Elton John by presenting him with a National Humanities Medal following a performance at the White House on Friday.

President Joe Biden traveled to Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 massacre in which a White mob killed hundreds of Black people. Read the full text of his remarks.

Former Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday in Delaware, capping the party's virtual national convention. Read the full text of his speech.

Actor Ron Perlman turns 70 and actor Allison Williams turns 32, among the famous birthdays for April 13.

Singer Paul Sorvino turns 80 and actor Allison Williams turns 32, among the famous birthdays for April 13.

On April 13, 2009, Phil Spector was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Los Angeles jury in his second trial for the 2003 slaying of Lana Clarkson.

On Aug. 30, 1918, Fanta Kaplan, a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, attempted to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Lenin.

On Aug. 30, 1954, Hurricane Carol prompted evacuations in North Carolina. The storm battered states along the northern eastern seaboard and killed 72 people.

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Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney was laid to rest Monday in the village in Northern Ireland where he was born.