April 13th All Events |
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| April 13th, 2008 (April 13 2008) | Death | John A. Wheeler, Visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission and gave black holes their name (born in 1911) | |
| April 13th, 2007 (April 13 2007) | Death | Don Selwyn, Maori actor and film director (born in circa 1936) | |
| April 13th, 2006 (April 13 2006) | Event | Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa. | |
| April 13th, 2006 (April 13 2006) | Death | Bill Baker, baseball player (born in 1911) | |
| April 13th, 2005 (April 13 2005) | Death | Don Blasingame, baseball player (born in 1932) | |
| April 13th, 2005 (April 13 2005) | Death | Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (born in 1924) | |
| April 13th, 2005 (April 13 2005) | Death | Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (born in 1945) | |
| April 13th, 2005 (April 13 2005) | Death | Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (born in 1959) | |
| April 13th, 2004 (April 13 2004) | Death | Lou Berberet, baseball player (born in 1929) | |
| April 13th, 2004 (April 13 2004) | Death | Caron Keating, British television presenter (born in 1962) | |
| April 13th, 2003 (April 13 2003) | Death | Possum Bourne, New Zealand Champion Rally Driver (born in 1956 | |
| April 13th, 2002 (April 13 2002) | Event | Pedro Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office. | |
| April 13th, 2002 (April 13 2002) | Death | Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (born in 1928) | |
| April 13th, 2001 (April 13 2001) | Death | Robert Moon, Postal Inspector and "Father" of the ZIP Code (born in 1917) | |
| April 13th, 2000 (April 13 2000) | Death | Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (born in 1916) | |
| April 13th, 1999 (April 13 1999) | Death | Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player "Mr NZ Chess" (born in 1924) | |
| April 13th, 1999 (April 13 1999) | Death | Willi Stoph, German politician (born in 1914) | |
| April 13th, 1998 (April 13 1998) | Death | Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (born in 1960) | |
| April 13th, 1997 (April 13 1997) | Event | Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf s Masters Tournament. | |
| April 13th, 1997 (April 13 1997) | Birth | Sloane Momsen, American actress | |
| April 13th, 1997 (April 13 1997) | Death | Dorothy Frooks, American author, publisher, military figure, and actress (born in 1896) | |
| April 13th, 1997 (April 13 1997) | Death | Voldemar Vali, Estonian wrestler, Olympic medalist (born in 1903) | |
| April 13th, 1993 (April 13 1993) | Death | Wallace Stegner, American writer (car accident) (born in 1909) | |
| April 13th, 1992 (April 13 1992) | Event | The Great Chicago Flood happened on this day. | |
| April 13th, 1992 (April 13 1992) | Event | Neil Kinnock resigns as British Labour leader following the party s defeat by the Conservatives in the general election four days earlier. | |
| April 13th, 1992 (April 13 1992) | Birth | Emma Degerstedt, American actress | |
| April 13th, 1988 (April 13 1988) | Birth | Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer | |
| April 13th, 1987 (April 13 1987) | Event | Portugal and the People s Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999. | |
| April 13th, 1987 (April 13 1987) | Birth | Brandon Hardesty, American internet entertainer | |
| April 13th, 1986 (April 13 1986) | Death | Stephen Stucker. American actor (born in 1947) | |
| April 13th, 1985 (April 13 1985) | Event | Enver Hoxha is succeeded by Ramiz Alia as the leader of Albania. | |
| April 13th, 1984 (April 13 1984) | Event | India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexes more territory from the Line of Control. The challenger Shuttle lands after retrieving, repairing and redeploying a satellite. | |
| April 13th, 1984 (April 13 1984) | Birth | Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor | |
| April 13th, 1984 (April 13 1984) | Death | Richard Hurndall. British actor (born in 1910) | |
| April 13th, 1984 (April 13 1984) | Death | Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician (born in 1911) | |
| April 13th, 1984 (April 13 1984) | Death | Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor (born in 1912) | |
| April 13th, 1983 (April 13 1983) | Event | Harold Washington is elected as the first African-American mayor in Chicago s history. | |
| April 13th, 1983 (April 13 1983) | Birth | Schalk Burger, South African rugby player | |
| April 13th, 1983 (April 13 1983) | Birth | Hunter Pence, American baseball player | |
| April 13th, 1983 (April 13 1983) | Death | Theodore Stephanides, Greek poet, author, doctor and naturalist (born in 1896) | |
| April 13th, 1982 (April 13 1982) | Birth | Nellie McKay, American singer | |
| April 13th, 1982 (April 13 1982) | Birth | Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer | |
| April 13th, 1982 (April 13 1982) | Birth | Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer | |
| April 13th, 1981 (April 13 1981) | Birth | Courtney Peldon, American actress | |
| April 13th, 1981 (April 13 1981) | Birth | Nat Borchers, American soccer player | |
| April 13th, 1981 (April 13 1981) | Death | Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of Japan (born in 1887) | |
| April 13th, 1980 (April 13 1980) | Birth | Jana Cova, Czech pornographic actress | |
| April 13th, 1980 (April 13 1980) | Birth | Quentin Richardson, American basketball player | |
| April 13th, 1980 (April 13 1980) | Birth | Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress | |
| April 13th, 1980 (April 13 1980) | Death | Markus Hottinger, Austrian racing driver (born in 1956) | |
| April 13th, 1979 (April 13 1979) | Event | Tanzania and Zambia recognize Yusufu Lule as President of Uganda. | |
| April 13th, 1979 (April 13 1979) | Birth | Baron Davis, American basketball player | |
| April 13th, 1979 (April 13 1979) | Birth | Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player | |
| April 13th, 1978 (April 13 1978) | Birth | Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 13th, 1978 (April 13 1978) | Birth | Kyle Howard, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1978 (April 13 1978) | Birth | Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer | |
| April 13th, 1978 (April 13 1978) | Birth | Chris Sligh, American Idol finalist | |
| April 13th, 1978 (April 13 1978) | Death | Jack Chambers, Canadian artist and film maker (born in 1931) | |
| April 13th, 1976 (April 13 1976) | Birth | Jonathan Brandis, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| April 13th, 1976 (April 13 1976) | Birth | Valentina Cervi, Italian actress | |
| April 13th, 1976 (April 13 1976) | Birth | Patrik Elias, Czech ice hockey player | |
| April 13th, 1976 (April 13 1976) | Birth | Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor | |
| April 13th, 1975 (April 13 1975) | Event | Bus Massacre in Lebanon : Attack by Phalangist militia gunmen kill 27 Palestinian civilians and marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese civil war. | |
| April 13th, 1975 (April 13 1975) | Birth | Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist | |
| April 13th, 1975 (April 13 1975) | Birth | Bruce Dyer, English footballer | |
| April 13th, 1975 (April 13 1975) | Death | Larry Parks, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| April 13th, 1975 (April 13 1975) | Death | Francois (Ngarta) Tombalbaye, first President of Chad (born in 1918) | |
| April 13th, 1974 (April 13 1974) | Event | Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the U.S. s first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. | |
| April 13th, 1974 (April 13 1974) | Birth | Darren Turner , British Race Driver | |
| April 13th, 1974 (April 13 1974) | Birth | Sergei Gonchar, Russian ice hockey player | |
| April 13th, 1974 (April 13 1974) | Birth | David Zdrilic, Australian soccer player | |
| April 13th, 1972 (April 13 1972) | Event | The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People s Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan. | |
| April 13th, 1972 (April 13 1972) | Birth | Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player | |
| April 13th, 1972 (April 13 1972) | Birth | Aaron Lewis, American singer (Staind) | |
| April 13th, 1971 (April 13 1971) | Birth | Dina Korzun, Russian actress | |
| April 13th, 1971 (April 13 1971) | Birth | Bo Outlaw, American basketball player | |
| April 13th, 1971 (April 13 1971) | Birth | Valensia, Dutch singer | |
| April 13th, 1971 (April 13 1971) | Death | Michel Briere, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1949) | |
| April 13th, 1971 (April 13 1971) | Death | Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (born in 1921) | |
| April 13th, 1970 (April 13 1970) | Event | An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon. | |
| April 13th, 1970 (April 13 1970) | Birth | Monty Brown, American professional wrestler | |
| April 13th, 1970 (April 13 1970) | Birth | Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer | |
| April 13th, 1970 (April 13 1970) | Birth | Rick Schroder, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1970 (April 13 1970) | Birth | Szilveszter Csollany, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic gold medalist | |
| April 13th, 1970 (April 13 1970) | Birth | Ricardo Rincon, Mexican baseball player | |
| April 13th, 1969 (April 13 1969) | Event | Closure of the Brisbane tramway network. | |
| April 13th, 1967 (April 13 1967) | Birth | Olga Tanon, Puerto Rican singer | |
| April 13th, 1966 (April 13 1966) | Birth | Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian football player | |
| April 13th, 1966 (April 13 1966) | Birth | Marc Ford, American musician | |
| April 13th, 1966 (April 13 1966) | Death | Abdul Salam Arif, President of Iraq (born in 1921) | |
| April 13th, 1966 (April 13 1966) | Death | Georges Duhamel, French writer (born in 1884) | |
| April 13th, 1965 (April 13 1965) | Birth | Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinean architect | |
| April 13th, 1964 (April 13 1964) | Birth | Davis Love III, Professional Golfer | |
| April 13th, 1964 (April 13 1964) | Birth | Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress | |
| April 13th, 1963 (April 13 1963) | Birth | Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player | Garry Kasparov Quotes |
| April 13th, 1962 (April 13 1962) | Birth | Dave Miley, former baseball player and manager | |
| April 13th, 1962 (April 13 1962) | Birth | Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (died in 1988) | |
| April 13th, 1962 (April 13 1962) | Birth | Jennifer Rubin, American actress | |
| April 13th, 1962 (April 13 1962) | Death | Culbert Olson, Governor of California (born in 1876) | |
| April 13th, 1961 (April 13 1961) | Birth | Hiro Yamamoto, American rock bassist | |
| April 13th, 1960 (April 13 1960) | Birth | Rudi Voller, German football coach | |
| April 13th, 1960 (April 13 1960) | Birth | Bob Casey, Jr., Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania | |
| April 13th, 1960 (April 13 1960) | Birth | Olaf Ludwig, German cyclist | |
| April 13th, 1959 (April 13 1959) | Death | Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (born in 1901) | |
| April 13th, 1958 (April 13 1958) | Event | Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow. | |
| April 13th, 1957 (April 13 1957) | Birth | Saundra Santiago, American actress | |
| April 13th, 1957 (April 13 1957) | Birth | Dallas Moir, Scottish cricketer | |
| April 13th, 1957 (April 13 1957) | Birth | Amy Goodman, American activist, host of Democracy Now | Amy Goodman Quotes |
| April 13th, 1956 (April 13 1956) | Birth | Peter Possum Bourne, New Zealand rally driver (died in 2003) | |
| April 13th, 1955 (April 13 1955) | Birth | Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg | |
| April 13th, 1955 (April 13 1955) | Birth | Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer | |
| April 13th, 1954 (April 13 1954) | Birth | Niels Olsen, Danish singer | |
| April 13th, 1954 (April 13 1954) | Death | Angus Lewis Macdonald, Premier of Nova Scotia (born in 1890) | |
| April 13th, 1953 (April 13 1953) | Event | CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA. | |
| April 13th, 1953 (April 13 1953) | Birth | Stephen Byers, British politician | |
| April 13th, 1952 (April 13 1952) | Birth | Ron Dittemore, American space administrator | |
| April 13th, 1952 (April 13 1952) | Birth | David Drew, British politician | |
| April 13th, 1952 (April 13 1952) | Birth | Erick Avari, British-Indian actor | |
| April 13th, 1951 (April 13 1951) | Birth | Peabo Bryson, American singer | |
| April 13th, 1951 (April 13 1951) | Birth | Peter Davison, English actor | |
| April 13th, 1951 (April 13 1951) | Birth | Joachim Streich, East German footballer | |
| April 13th, 1951 (April 13 1951) | Birth | Max Weinberg, American drummer | |
| April 13th, 1950 (April 13 1950) | Birth | Terry Lester, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| April 13th, 1950 (April 13 1950) | Birth | Ron Perlman, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1950 (April 13 1950) | Birth | William Sadler, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1949 (April 13 1949) | Birth | Frank Doran, Scottish politician | |
| April 13th, 1949 (April 13 1949) | Birth | Christopher Hitchens, English-born journalist, critic, and author | Christopher Hitchens Quotes |
| April 13th, 1949 (April 13 1949) | Birth | Ricardo Zunino, Argentine racing driver | |
| April 13th, 1948 (April 13 1948) | Event | Seventy-seven doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital are ambushed and massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem. | |
| April 13th, 1948 (April 13 1948) | Birth | Sue Doughty, British politician | |
| April 13th, 1948 (April 13 1948) | Birth | Nam Hae-il, Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy | |
| April 13th, 1947 (April 13 1947) | Birth | Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer & former minister | |
| April 13th, 1946 (April 13 1946) | Birth | Al Green, American singer and pastor | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Event | German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen Germany. | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Birth | Tony Dow, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Birth | Lowell George, American singer/guitarist (died in 1979) | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Birth | Bob Kalsu, American football player (died in 1970) | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Birth | Judy Nunn, Australian actress | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Birth | Charles Robinson, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1945 (April 13 1945) | Death | Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (born in 1874) | Philo Quotes |
| April 13th, 1944 (April 13 1944) | Event | The diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. | |
| April 13th, 1944 (April 13 1944) | Birth | Jack Casady, American musician | |
| April 13th, 1944 (April 13 1944) | Birth | Susan Davis, American politician | |
| April 13th, 1944 (April 13 1944) | Birth | Brian Pendleton, musician (died in 2001) | |
| April 13th, 1944 (April 13 1944) | Death | Cecile Chaminade, French composer and pianist (born in 1857) | |
| April 13th, 1943 (April 13 1943) | Event | World War II: The discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war executed by Soviet forces in the Katyn Forest Massacre is announced, alienating the Western Allies, the Polish government in exile in London, from the Soviet Union. | |
| April 13th, 1943 (April 13 1943) | Event | James Boarman, Fred Hunter, Harold Brest and Floyd G. Hamilton take part in an Alcatraz escape attempt. | |
| April 13th, 1943 (April 13 1943) | Event | The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson s birth. | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
| April 13th, 1943 (April 13 1943) | Birth | Billy Kidd, American skier | |
| April 13th, 1942 (April 13 1942) | Birth | Bill Conti, American composer | |
| April 13th, 1942 (April 13 1942) | Birth | Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer. | |
| April 13th, 1941 (April 13 1941) | Event | Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. | |
| April 13th, 1941 (April 13 1941) | Birth | Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, Nobel laureate | |
| April 13th, 1941 (April 13 1941) | Death | Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (born in 1863) | |
| April 13th, 1940 (April 13 1940) | Birth | Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (died in 1988) | |
| April 13th, 1940 (April 13 1940) | Birth | Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (died in 2006) | |
| April 13th, 1939 (April 13 1939) | Event | In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British. | |
| April 13th, 1939 (April 13 1939) | Birth | Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel laureate | Seamus Heaney Quotes |
| April 13th, 1939 (April 13 1939) | Birth | Paul Sorvino, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1938 (April 13 1938) | Death | Grey Owl, proponent of nature conservation (born in 1888) | |
| April 13th, 1937 (April 13 1937) | Birth | Edward Fox, English actor | |
| April 13th, 1937 (April 13 1937) | Birth | Lanford Wilson, American playwright | |
| April 13th, 1936 (April 13 1936) | Death | Milton Brown, American swing bandleader (born in 1903) | |
| April 13th, 1935 (April 13 1935) | Birth | Lyle Waggoner, American actor | |
| April 13th, 1933 (April 13 1933) | Birth | Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. politician | |
| April 13th, 1932 (April 13 1932) | Birth | Orlando Letelier, Chilean politician (died in 1976) | |
| April 13th, 1931 (April 13 1931) | Birth | Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (died in 2001) | |
| April 13th, 1931 (April 13 1931) | Birth | Dan Gurney, American race car driver and team owner | |
| April 13th, 1931 (April 13 1931) | Birth | Jon Stone, co-creator of Sesame Street (died in 1997) | |
| April 13th, 1928 (April 13 1928) | Birth | Alan Clark, English politician (died in 1999) | |
| April 13th, 1927 (April 13 1927) | Birth | Maurice Ronet, French film actor (died in 1983) | |
| April 13th, 1926 (April 13 1926) | Birth | John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough | |
| April 13th, 1926 (April 13 1926) | Birth | Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (died in 1983) | |
| April 13th, 1924 (April 13 1924) | Birth | Jack Chick, American evangelist | |
| April 13th, 1924 (April 13 1924) | Birth | Stanley Donen, American film director | |
| April 13th, 1923 (April 13 1923) | Birth | Don Adams, American actor and comedian (died in 2005) | |
| April 13th, 1922 (April 13 1922) | Birth | John Braine, British novelist (died in 1986) | John Braine Quotes |
| April 13th, 1922 (April 13 1922) | Birth | Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (died in 1999) | |
| April 13th, 1921 (April 13 1921) | Event | Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers Party. | |
| April 13th, 1920 (April 13 1920) | Birth | Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (died in 1982) | |
| April 13th, 1920 (April 13 1920) | Birth | Claude Cheysson, French politician | |
| April 13th, 1920 (April 13 1920) | Birth | Liam Cosgrave, fifth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland | |
| April 13th, 1920 (April 13 1920) | Birth | John LaPorta, American musician (died in 2004) | |
| April 13th, 1919 (April 13 1919) | Event | The Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. | |
| April 13th, 1919 (April 13 1919) | Event | Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded. | |
| April 13th, 1919 (April 13 1919) | Birth | Roland Gaucher, French journalist | |
| April 13th, 1919 (April 13 1919) | Birth | Howard Keel, American actor, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild (died in 2004) | |
| April 13th, 1919 (April 13 1919) | Birth | Madalyn Murray O Hair, American atheist activist (died in 1995) | Al Murray Quotes |
| April 13th, 1919 (April 13 1919) | Birth | Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (died in 2000) | |
| April 13th, 1918 (April 13 1918) | Death | Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (born in 1870) | |
| April 13th, 1917 (April 13 1917) | Birth | Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (died in 2007) | |
| April 13th, 1916 (April 13 1916) | Birth | Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist, and publisher (died in 2006) | |
| April 13th, 1912 (April 13 1912) | Death | Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (born in 1886) | |
| April 13th, 1911 (April 13 1911) | Birth | Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer (died in 1946) | |
| April 13th, 1911 (April 13 1911) | Birth | Jean-Louis Levesque, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist (died in 1994) | |
| April 13th, 1911 (April 13 1911) | Death | George Washington Glick, Governor of Kansas (born in 1827) | George Washington Quotes |
| April 13th, 1911 (April 13 1911) | Death | John McLane, Governor of New Hampshire (born in 1852) | |
| April 13th, 1910 (April 13 1910) | Death | William Quiller Orchardson, British painter (born in 1835) | |
| April 13th, 1909 (April 13 1909) | Birth | Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (died in 1984) | |
| April 13th, 1909 (April 13 1909) | Birth | Eudora Welty, American writer (died in 2001) | |
| April 13th, 1909 (April 13 1909) | Death | Whitley Stokes, British lawyer (born in 1830) | |
| April 13th, 1907 (April 13 1907) | Birth | Harold Stassen, American Presidential candidate (died in 2001) | |
| April 13th, 1906 (April 13 1906) | Birth | Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1989) | Samuel Beckett Quotes |
| April 13th, 1906 (April 13 1906) | Birth | Bud Freeman, American musician (died in 1991) | |
| April 13th, 1904 (April 13 1904) | Birth | Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (died in 1987) | |
| April 13th, 1902 (April 13 1902) | Event | James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. | |
| April 13th, 1902 (April 13 1902) | Birth | Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver and wine grower (died in 1988) | Philip Roth Quotes |
| April 13th, 1901 (April 13 1901) | Birth | Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist (died in 1981) | |
| April 13th, 1900 (April 13 1900) | Birth | Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (died in 1976) | |
| April 13th, 1899 (April 13 1899) | Birth | Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and Scrabble inventor (died in 1993) | |
| April 13th, 1897 (April 13 1897) | Birth | Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (died in 1917) | |
| April 13th, 1895 (April 13 1895) | Birth | Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1973) | |
| April 13th, 1892 (April 13 1892) | Birth | Arthur Travers Bomber Harris, British Air Force commander (died in 1984) | |
| April 13th, 1892 (April 13 1892) | Birth | Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor (died in 1973) | |
| April 13th, 1891 (April 13 1891) | Birth | Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian winner of the Victoria Cross (died in 1921) | |
| April 13th, 1891 (April 13 1891) | Birth | Nella Larsen, African-American novelist (died in 1964) | |
| April 13th, 1890 (April 13 1890) | Birth | Frank Murphy, American public servant (died in 1949) | |
| April 13th, 1890 (April 13 1890) | Death | Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born in 1828) | |
| April 13th, 1889 (April 13 1889) | Birth | Herbert Osborne Yardley, American cryptographer (died in 1958) | |
| April 13th, 1887 (April 13 1887) | Birth | Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association (died in 1995) | |
| April 13th, 1885 (April 13 1885) | Birth | Georg Lukacs, Hungarian-born philosopher and literary critic (died in 1971) | Philo Quotes |
| April 13th, 1885 (April 13 1885) | Birth | Vean Gregg, American baseball player (died in 1964) | |
| April 13th, 1882 (April 13 1882) | Death | Bruno Bauer, German theologian (born in 1809) | |
| April 13th, 1880 (April 13 1880) | Birth | Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner (died in 1955) | |
| April 13th, 1880 (April 13 1880) | Death | Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist (born in 1813) | |
| April 13th, 1879 (April 13 1879) | Birth | Edward Bruce, Director art projects (died in 1943) | |
| April 13th, 1875 (April 13 1875) | Birth | Ray Lyman Wilbur, U.S. university president and politician (died in 1949) | |
| April 13th, 1873 (April 13 1873) | Event | The Colfax Massacre takes place. | |
| April 13th, 1873 (April 13 1873) | Birth | John W. Davis, American politician (died in 1955) | |
| April 13th, 1872 (April 13 1872) | Birth | Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer (died in 1945) | |
| April 13th, 1870 (April 13 1870) | Event | Metropolitan Museum of Art founded. | |
| April 13th, 1868 (April 13 1868) | Event | Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala. | |
| April 13th, 1868 (April 13 1868) | Death | Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (born in 1818) | |
| April 13th, 1866 (April 13 1866) | Birth | Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (died in 1908) | |
| April 13th, 1861 (April 13 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. | |
| April 13th, 1860 (April 13 1860) | Birth | James Ensor, Belgian painter (died in 1949) | |
| April 13th, 1855 (April 13 1855) | Death | Henry De la Beche, English geologist (born in 1796) | |
| April 13th, 1853 (April 13 1853) | Death | Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (born in 1788) | |
| April 13th, 1853 (April 13 1853) | Death | James Iredell, Jr., Governor of North Carolina (born in 1788) | |
| April 13th, 1852 (April 13 1852) | Birth | F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (died in 1919) | |
| April 13th, 1851 (April 13 1851) | Birth | Robert Abbe, American surgeon (died in 1928) | |
| April 13th, 1850 (April 13 1850) | Birth | Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer (died in 1917) | |
| April 13th, 1849 (April 13 1849) | Event | Hungary becomes a republic. | |
| April 13th, 1841 (April 13 1841) | Birth | Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (died in 1905) | |
| April 13th, 1832 (April 13 1832) | Birth | Juan Montalvo, Ecuadoran author (died in 1889) | |
| April 13th, 1829 (April 13 1829) | Event | The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics. | |
| April 13th, 1828 (April 13 1828) | Birth | Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (died in 1889) | |
| April 13th, 1826 (April 13 1826) | Death | Franz Danzi, German composer (born in 1763) | |
| April 13th, 1825 (April 13 1825) | Birth | Thomas D Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (died in 1868) | |
| April 13th, 1808 (April 13 1808) | Birth | Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (died in 1896) | |
| April 13th, 1802 (April 13 1802) | Birth | Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (died in 1884) | |
| April 13th, 1796 (April 13 1796) | Event | The first elephant ever seen in the USA arrives from India. | |
| April 13th, 1794 (April 13 1794) | Death | Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (born in 1741) | Nicolas Chamfort Quotes |
| April 13th, 1793 (April 13 1793) | Death | Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary (born in 1763) | |
| April 13th, 1787 (April 13 1787) | Birth | John Robertson, U.S. politician (died in 1873) | |
| April 13th, 1784 (April 13 1784) | Birth | Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (died in 1877) | |
| April 13th, 1780 (April 13 1780) | Birth | Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (died in 1868) | |
| April 13th, 1771 (April 13 1771) | Birth | Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor (died in 1833) | |
| April 13th, 1769 (April 13 1769) | Birth | Thomas Lawrence, English painter (died in 1830) | |
| April 13th, 1764 (April 13 1764) | Birth | Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (died in 1830) | |
| April 13th, 1747 (April 13 1747) | Birth | Louis Philip II, Duke of Orleans (died in 1793) | |
| April 13th, 1743 (April 13 1743) | Birth | Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (died in 1826) | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
| April 13th, 1742 (April 13 1742) | Event | George Frideric Handel s oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland. | George Frideric Handel Quotes |
| April 13th, 1735 (April 13 1735) | Birth | Isaac Low, delegate to the Continental Congress (died in 1791) | |
| April 13th, 1732 (April 13 1732) | Birth | Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1792) | |
| April 13th, 1729 (April 13 1729) | Birth | Thomas Percy, Bishop and magazine editor (died in 1811) | Thomas Percy Quotes |
| April 13th, 1722 (April 13 1722) | Death | Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (born in 1650) | |
| April 13th, 1715 (April 13 1715) | Birth | John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (died in 1783) | |
| April 13th, 1695 (April 13 1695) | Death | Jean de la Fontaine, French author (born in 1621) | |
| April 13th, 1648 (April 13 1648) | Birth | Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (died in 1717) | |
| April 13th, 1641 (April 13 1641) | Death | Richard Montagu, English clergyman (born in 1577) | |
| April 13th, 1638 (April 13 1638) | Death | Henri, duc de Rohan, French Huguenot leader (born in 1579) | |
| April 13th, 1635 (April 13 1635) | Death | Fahkr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (executed) | |
| April 13th, 1618 (April 13 1618) | Birth | Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (died in 1693) | |
| April 13th, 1612 (April 13 1612) | Death | Sasaki Kojiro, Japanese samurai (killed by Musashi Miyamoto) | Miyamoto Musashi Quotes |
| April 13th, 1605 (April 13 1605) | Death | Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia | |
| April 13th, 1598 (April 13 1598) | Event | Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.) | |
| April 13th, 1593 (April 13 1593) | Birth | Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (died in 1641) | |
| April 13th, 1584 (April 13 1584) | Birth | Albert VI of Bavaria (died in 1666) | |
| April 13th, 1573 (April 13 1573) | Birth | Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (died in 1625) | |
| April 13th, 1570 (April 13 1570) | Birth | Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (died in 1606) | Guy Fawkes Quotes |
| April 13th, 1547 (April 13 1547) | Birth | Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (died in 1568) | |
| April 13th, 1519 (April 13 1519) | Birth | Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II of France (died in 1589) | |
| April 13th, 1506 (April 13 1506) | Birth | Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (died in 1546) | |
| April 13th, 1279 (April 13 1279) | Death | Boleslaus the Pious, Polish duke | |
| April 13th, 1256 (April 13 1256) | Event | The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| April 13th, 1250 (April 13 1250) | Event | The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured. | Louis IX of France Quotes |
| April 13th, 1204 (April 13 1204) | Event | The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople. | |
| April 13th, 1111 (April 13 1111) | Event | Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| April 13th, 1093 (April 13 1093) | Death | Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (born in 1030) | |
| April 13th, 0814 (April 13 0814) | Death | Krum, Khan of Bulgaria | |
| April 13th, 0799 (April 13 0799) | Death | Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and chronicler | Ron Paul Quotes |
