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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, 1998 (April 13 1998) | Death | Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (born in 1960) | |
April 13th, 1988 (April 13 1988) | Birth | Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer | |
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, 1958 (April 13 1958) | Event | Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow. | |
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, 1938 (April 13 1938) | Death | Grey Owl, proponent of nature conservation (born in 1888) | |
April 13th, 1928 (April 13 1928) | Birth | Alan Clark, English politician (died in 1999) | |
April 13th, 1918 (April 13 1918) | Death | Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (born in 1870) | |
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, 1828 (April 13 1828) | Birth | Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (died in 1889) | |
April 13th, 1808 (April 13 1808) | Birth | Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (died in 1896) | |
April 13th, 1648 (April 13 1648) | Birth | Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (died in 1717) | |
April 13th, 1638 (April 13 1638) | Death | Henri, duc de Rohan, French Huguenot leader (born in 1579) | |
April 13th, 1618 (April 13 1618) | Birth | Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (died in 1693) | |
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.) | |