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Britain's Prince William and wife Kate tour NZ aviation museum with director Peter Jackson
• • BLENHEIM, New Zealand (AP) -- Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have met with "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson during a visit to an aviation museum in New Zealand.
• • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the museum on Thursday in Marlborough, on the country's South Island, as part of a 3-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.
• • The Oscar-winning director gave the royal couple a tour of his collection of World War I aircraft that are housed at the museum.
• • Kate and WIlliam have a busy few weeks ahead, with their planned activities including a wine tasting at a local vineyard, a jet boat ride and a visit to the city of Christchurch, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2011.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• • Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2014. There are 265 days left in the year.
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• • Today's Highlight in History:
• • On April 10, 1864, during the Civil War, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, an assistant surgeon for the 52nd Ohio Volunteers, was captured by the Confederates and accused of being a Union spy; she was held until her release in August 1864 as part of a prisoner exchange. (Walker received the Medal of Honor in 1865, the only woman to date so recognized; although the citation was withdrawn in 1917, Walker continued to wear the medal until her death in 1919. President Jimmy Carter restored the citation in 1977.)
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• • On this date:
• • In 1790, President George Washington signed the first United States Patent Act.
• • In 1864, Maximilian, archduke of Austria, was proclaimed emperor of Mexico.
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